The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 2, 2004
Waning Gibbous
85.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:58 PM
10:46 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.4%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 387,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1010
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 | 225.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.0° / 293.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 36m / 9.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 25.58° / -0.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.34° / 1.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.81° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.