The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 2, 2036
Waxing Gibbous
91.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:30 PM
3:58 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.5%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1406
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,800 km.
Exact values
For Sep 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 146.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.1° / 24.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 36m / -17.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.84° / 0.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.74° / -0.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 35.51° / 0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.