The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 2, 1981
Waxing Crescent
16.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:51 AM
10:26 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.3%
- Age
- 4.1 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 726
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 47.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.6° / 108.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 49m / -5.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.39° / 5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.69° / -6.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 135.43° / 1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.