The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 2, 2163
Waxing Crescent
16.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:05 AM
10:14 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.9%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 375,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2977
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 | 48.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.8° / 111.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 48m / -10.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.56° / 0.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.92° / -0.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 127.64° / -0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.