The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 1, 2002
Waning Crescent
34.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:46 AM
4:16 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.6%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 387,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 985
Events on this date
-
Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 288.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.4° / 265.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 48m / 24.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 87.18° / 1.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.74° / -1.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -115.14° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.