The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 2, 1932
Waxing Crescent
4.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:02 AM
8:56 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.6%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 366,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 120
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 | 24.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.5° / 125.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 14m / -3.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.51° / -1.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.33° / 2.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 153.34° / 0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.