The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 2, 1994
Waning Crescent
11.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:37 AM
5:52 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.7%
- Age
- 26.3 days
- Distance
- 384,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 886
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 | 320.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.7° / 216.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 05m / 15.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 120.21° / -4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.04° / 6.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -146.01° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.