The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 2, 2027
Waxing Crescent
5.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:18 AM
8:49 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.5%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 367,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1295
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 | 26.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.4° / 126.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 17m / -6.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.60° / -4.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.14° / 6.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 158.73° / -0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 302.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.