The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 2, 2000
Waxing Crescent
21.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:31 AM
10:47 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.6%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 385,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 961
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 | 55.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.4° / 105.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 20m / -8.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.54° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.74° / -6.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 131.63° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.