The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 2, 2183
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:22 PM
7:19 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.4 days
- Distance
- 357,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3224
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Penumbral lunar eclipse
The Moon passes through Earth's faint outer shadow and dims slightly. It starts at 1:16 AM, is deepest at 3:08 AM and ends at 5:00 AM. Visible from Columbus from start to finish.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,600 km.
Exact values
For Sep 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 185.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.5° / 317.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 06m / -5.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 345.59° / 0.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.89° / -0.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -5.68° / -0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.