The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 2, 1950
Waning Gibbous
67.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:44 PM
1:06 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.9%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 342
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 | 249.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.4° / 288.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 00m / 21.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 48.76° / 4.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.33° / -4.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.43° / 0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.