The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 2, 2023
Waning Gibbous
90.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:39 PM
9:59 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.3%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 365,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1245
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 | 216.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.2° / 297.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 01m / 5.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.31° / -0.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.05° / 1.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.42° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.