The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 2, 2015
Waning Gibbous
79.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:41 PM
11:30 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.2%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 365,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1146
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 | 234.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.4° / 287.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 12m / 10.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.22° / -2.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.20° / 4.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.03° / -0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.