The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 2, 1936
Waning Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:23 PM
8:20 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 361,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 169
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 | 195.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.6° / 314.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 37m / 2.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.82° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.15° / -6.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -17.27° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 50.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.