The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 2, 2090
Waxing Gibbous
67.0% 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
3:57 PM
1:18 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.0%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 390,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2074
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 | 109.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.2° / 77.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 02m / -18.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.49° / 5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.82° / -6.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.35° / -0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.