The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 1, 1901
Waning Gibbous
89.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:34 PM
9:12 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.1%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 365,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -264
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,400 km.
Exact values
For Sep 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 218.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.6° / 311.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 59m / 8.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 17.13° / 2.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.15° / -2.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.96° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.