The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 2, 2011
Waxing Crescent
27.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:31 PM
10:36 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.4%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 366,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1097
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 | 62.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.6° / 109.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 38m / -18.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 222.84° / -3.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.53° / 4.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 121.41° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.