The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 2, 2074
Waxing Gibbous
90.5% 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
6:32 PM
3:41 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.5%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 376,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1876
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 | 144.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.1° / 30.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 28m / -19.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.68° / -0.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.37° / 0.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.12° / 1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.