The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 2, 2050
Waning Gibbous
97.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:37 PM
8:31 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.4%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 358,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1579
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 | 198.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.2° / 311.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 49m / 2.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 358.59° / 3.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.86° / -4.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.63° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 56.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.