The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 2, 1991
Waning Crescent
39.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:07 AM
3:51 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.9%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 849
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 | 281.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.5° / 271.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 22m / 25.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 81.53° / 2.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.83° / -2.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.92° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.