The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 2, 2026
Waning Gibbous
68.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:39 PM
1:05 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.6%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 373,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1282
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 | 248.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.0° / 290.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 58m / 22.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 48.44° / 5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.28° / -6.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.46° / -0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.