The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 2, 1983
Waning Crescent
26.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:27 AM
5:02 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.5%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 368,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 750
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 | 298.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.9° / 257.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 34m / 24.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 97.72° / 1.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.08° / -1.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.56° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.