The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 2, 2017
Waxing Gibbous
86.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:57 PM
3:18 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.9%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 398,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1171
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 | 137.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.8° / 43.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 58m / -18.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.91° / 2.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.85° / -2.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.29° / 0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.