The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 2, 2174
Waxing Crescent
31.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:06 PM
10:38 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.7%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 397,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 3113
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 | 68.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.3° / 109.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 00m / -21.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 228.78° / -4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.57° / 6.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 105.16° / 0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.