The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 2, 1995
First Quarter
53.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:51 PM
12:04 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.4%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 899
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Sep 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 93.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.7° / 89.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 50m / -18.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.53° / 3.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.24° / -4.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.14° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.