The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 2, 2147
Waxing Crescent
43.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:49 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.4%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 386,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2779
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 | 82.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.8° / 94.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 05m / -15.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.20° / 5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.48° / -6.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 90.32° / 0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.2° |
| 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.