The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 2, 2016
Waxing Crescent
1.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:10 AM
8:48 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.7%
- Age
- 1.3 days
- Distance
- 397,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1159
Events on this date
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Neptune at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
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Jupiter, Mercury, and Moon gathered
All within 5.7° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 6.1° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 14.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.4° / 128.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 45m / 2.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.43° / 1.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.45° / -1.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 168.99° / -0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.