The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 2, 2045
Waning Gibbous
68.3% 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
10:38 PM
1:07 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.3%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 388,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1517
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 | 248.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.5° / 290.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 01m / 22.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 49.20° / 5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.65° / -6.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.26° / -0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.