The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 2, 2109
Waxing Gibbous
56.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:05 PM
12:29 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.9%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 372,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2309
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 97.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.5° / 85.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 10m / -17.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.99° / 5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.46° / -6.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 85.75° / -0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.