The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 2, 2101
Waxing Gibbous
69.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:54 PM
12:47 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.9%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 368,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2210
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,900 km.
Exact values
For Sep 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 113.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.4° / 84.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 15m / -27.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.45° / -3.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.23° / 5.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.11° / -0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.