The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 2, 2071
Waxing Gibbous
61.7% 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
3:29 PM
12:53 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.7%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 401,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1839
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Sep 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 103.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.1° / 82.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 34m / -18.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.78° / 5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.31° / -6.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 81.14° / -0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.6° |
| 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.