The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 2, 2091
Waning Gibbous
81.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:36 PM
11:14 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.0%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2086
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,100 km.
Exact values
For Sep 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 231.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.3° / 287.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 06m / 7.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.17° / -4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.35° / 6.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.03° / 0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.