The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 2, 1941
Waxing Gibbous
89.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:07 PM
3:46 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.7%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 380,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 231
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 | 142.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.8° / 31.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 15m / -15.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.45° / 4.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.26° / -4.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.33° / -0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.