The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 2, 2020
Full Moon
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:42 PM
7:10 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 400,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1208
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 185.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.7° / 310.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 15m / -10.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 345.64° / -4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.82° / 6.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -1.65° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.