The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 2, 2006
Waxing Gibbous
67.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:50 PM
12:32 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.7%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 379,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1035
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 | 110.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.8° / 89.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 04m / -28.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.80° / -5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.86° / 7.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.71° / 0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.