The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 2, 2085
Waxing Gibbous
97.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:58 PM
5:14 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.0%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 358,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2012
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 160.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.8° / 354.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 30m / -10.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 321.43° / 3.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.97° / -4.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.73° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.