The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 2, 2106
Waxing Crescent
24.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:05 PM
10:38 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.7%
- Age
- 4.7 days
- Distance
- 389,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2272
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 59.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.1° / 108.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 28m / -14.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.34° / -0.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.29° / 0.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 126.84° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.