The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 2, 2012
Waning Gibbous
95.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:48 PM
9:09 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.3%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 393,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1109
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 204.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.1° / 307.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 14m / 5.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 5.48° / 4.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.98° / -4.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.22° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 58.4° |
| 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.