The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 2, 1930
Waxing Gibbous
75.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:29 PM
1:22 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.3%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 401,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 95
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 | 120.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.6° / 80.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 44m / -28.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.82° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.56° / 6.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.72° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.