The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 1, 1906
Waxing Gibbous
98.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:35 PM
4:19 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.1%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 378,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -202
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 164.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.5° / 15.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 40m / -14.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 322.40° / -0.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.63° / 1.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.59° / 0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.1° |
| 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.