The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 2, 1943
Waxing Crescent
7.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:31 AM
9:45 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.6%
- Age
- 2.8 days
- Distance
- 396,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 256
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 6.9° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 31.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.8° / 115.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 47m / -0.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.00° / 4.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.45° / -5.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 143.07° / 0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.