The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 2, 2034
Waning Gibbous
80.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:37 PM
11:19 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.5%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 367,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1381
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,600 km.
Exact values
For Sep 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 232.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.3° / 288.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 06m / 9.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.67° / -3.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.54° / 4.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.83° / -0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.