The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 2, 2057
Waxing Crescent
13.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:31 AM
10:12 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.7%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 378,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1666
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.6° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 43.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.1° / 110.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 35m / -4.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.78° / 4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.42° / -5.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 132.46° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.