The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 2, 2136
Waxing Crescent
41.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:08 PM
11:19 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.0%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2643
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,400 km.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Sep 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 79.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.5° / 104.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 47m / -24.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.07° / -4.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.96° / 6.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 100.57° / 0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.