The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 2, 1942
Last Quarter
50.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:06 AM
2:25 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.0%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 243
Events on this date
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Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 7.7° of each other in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.6° / 270.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 35m / 16.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 69.68° / -5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.21° / 7.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.07° / 0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.