The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 1, 1905
Waxing Crescent
6.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:18 AM
8:38 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.7%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 362,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -214
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,000 km.
Exact values
For Sep 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 29.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.9° / 130.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 36m / -0.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.32° / 3.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.65° / -3.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 150.20° / 0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.