The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 2, 1939
Waning Gibbous
87.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:46 PM
10:28 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.7%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 399,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 206
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 | 221.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.2° / 296.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 14m / 8.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 20.44° / 0.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.77° / -0.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.05° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.