The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 2, 1934
Waning Crescent
32.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:44 AM
4:36 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.5%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 144
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 | 290.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.8° / 266.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 01m / 26.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.16° / 3.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.39° / -4.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.71° / -0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.