The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 2, 2132
Last Quarter
52.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:28 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.5%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2593
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Sep 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 267.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.1° / 275.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 25m / 20.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 67.87° / -1.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.06° / 1.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.48° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.