The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 2, 2061
Waning Gibbous
91.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:27 PM
9:53 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.2%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 373,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1715
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 | 214.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.0° / 299.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 56m / 6.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 15.37° / 0.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.28° / -0.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.03° / 0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.