The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 2, 1952
Waxing Gibbous
96.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:15 PM
4:56 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.8%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 358,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 367
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 | 159.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.4° / 353.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 27m / -15.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.31° / -0.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.98° / 0.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.91° / -0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.