The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 2, 2046
Waxing Crescent
5.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:20 AM
8:49 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.6%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 359,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1530
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 | 26.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.8° / 127.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 19m / -7.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.31° / -4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.70° / 6.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 154.94° / -0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 302.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.