The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 2, 2081
Waning Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:54 AM
7:46 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.6 days
- Distance
- 358,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1962
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 349.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 59.4° / 152.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 13m / 12.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 150.81° / 1.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.24° / -1.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.51° / 0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.