The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 2, 2133
Waxing Crescent
14.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:45 AM
10:09 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.9%
- Age
- 3.4 days
- Distance
- 376,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2606
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 45.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.4° / 111.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 39m / -7.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.62° / 2.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.01° / -3.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 141.68° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.