The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 1, 1918
Waning Crescent
13.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:13 AM
5:50 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.6%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 391,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -54
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 316.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 61.6° / 224.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 47m / 18.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 115.32° / -2.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.77° / 4.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.80° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.