The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 1, 1917
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:55 PM
6:05 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 357,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -66
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,900 km.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Sep 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 182.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.7° / 345.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 44m / -3.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 341.37° / 4.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.53° / -5.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -1.79° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 8.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.