The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 2, 2044
Waxing Gibbous
79.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:46 PM
1:52 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.3%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1505
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 | 125.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.5° / 71.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 15m / -26.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.73° / -4.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.53° / 5.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.11° / 0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.