The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Waxing Gibbous
96.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:59 PM
4:58 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.2%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1072
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 5.0° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 157.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.1° / 357.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 20m / -13.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 317.97° / 1.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.74° / -1.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.70° / -1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.