The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 2, 1997
Waxing Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:32 AM
8:24 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 924
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
Exact values
For Sep 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 7.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.2° / 135.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 14m / 4.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 167.49° / -0.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.64° / 0.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 172.80° / -0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.