The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 1, 1900
Waxing Crescent
43.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:05 PM
10:53 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.9%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 395,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -276
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 82.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.4° / 108.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 58m / -20.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 241.63° / -0.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.75° / 0.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 90.41° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.