The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 1, 1914
Waxing Gibbous
91.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:49 PM
2:39 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.7%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 387,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -103
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 146.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.8° / 55.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 32m / -21.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.84° / -2.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.02° / 3.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.21° / -0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.0° |
| 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.