The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 2, 2176
Waning Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:08 AM
7:32 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 378,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3137
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 350.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.2° / 154.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 13m / 8.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.87° / -1.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.09° / 3.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -166.14° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.