The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 2, 2141
Waxing Crescent
5.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:14 AM
8:44 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.0%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 382,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2705
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 25.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.0° / 128.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 13m / -6.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.82° / -4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.61° / 6.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 160.34° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 304.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.