The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 2, 2021
Waning Crescent
20.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:05 AM
5:46 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.0%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 396,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1220
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 | 307.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 61.1° / 248.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 18m / 25.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 107.52° / 3.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.56° / -4.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.16° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.