The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 1, 1919
Waxing Crescent
41.4% 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
1:50 PM
11:45 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.4%
- Age
- 7.0 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -41
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Sep 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 79.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.6° / 100.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 43m / -19.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 238.05° / -0.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.17° / 0.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 99.33° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.