The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 2, 1920
Waning Gibbous
82.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:11 PM
11:14 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.2%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 379,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -29
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 | 229.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.1° / 292.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 50m / 12.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.82° / 0.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.45° / -0.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -54.44° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.