The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 2, 2022
Waxing Crescent
38.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:36 PM
11:23 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.0%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 376,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1233
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 | 76.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.8° / 102.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 35m / -20.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.20° / -0.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.05° / 1.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 98.97° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.