The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 2, 1926
Waning Crescent
17.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:32 AM
5:43 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.9%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 400,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 45
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Neptune, and Venus gathered
All within 5.7° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 310.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.8° / 240.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 25m / 22.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 109.48° / 0.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.32° / -0.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -124.37° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.