The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 2, 1992
Waxing Crescent
37.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:35 PM
11:14 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.0%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 382,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 862
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 | 74.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.4° / 105.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 29m / -21.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 235.18° / -2.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.82° / 3.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 112.99° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.