The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 2, 2079
Waxing Crescent
43.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:20 PM
11:33 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.9%
- Age
- 7.0 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1938
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 | 82.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.0° / 102.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 02m / -24.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.20° / -3.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.40° / 4.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 99.77° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.