The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 2, 1982
Waxing Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:02 PM
5:51 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 395,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 738
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 | 170.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.1° / 328.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 14m / -15.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 329.91° / -3.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.40° / 5.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 5.90° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 227.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.