The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 1, 1909
Waning Gibbous
96.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:24 PM
7:28 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.5%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 359,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -165
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,800 km.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 201.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.0° / 315.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 07m / -4.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 359.81° / -4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.25° / 6.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.38° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.9° |
| 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.