The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 2, 2177
Waxing Gibbous
73.7% 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
4:58 PM
1:28 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.7%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3150
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 118.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.6° / 76.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 39m / -24.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.82° / -1.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.83° / 1.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.09° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.