The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 2, 2173
Waning Crescent
19.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:03 AM
5:59 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.2%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 3100
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Uranus at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Sep 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 308.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 63.2° / 249.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 25m / 27.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 108.96° / 5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.98° / -6.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -124.96° / 0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.