The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 2, 1929
Waning Crescent
1.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:40 AM
8:03 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.1%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 366,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 82
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 348.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 63.2° / 148.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 10m / 16.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 148.52° / 4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.66° / -6.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -165.50° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 133.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.