The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 2, 2052
Waxing Gibbous
63.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:36 PM
12:59 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.0%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 402,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1604
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 | 104.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.4° / 81.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 43m / -18.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.88° / 5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.59° / -6.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.74° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.