The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 2, 2185
Waxing Gibbous
56.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:05 PM
12:29 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.6%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 3249
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,200 km.
Exact values
For Sep 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 97.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.6° / 86.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 10m / -18.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.20° / 4.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.03° / -5.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 82.70° / 0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.