The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 1, 1920
Waning Gibbous
89.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:34 PM
10:10 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.7%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 382,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -29
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 217.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.2° / 298.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 58m / 8.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.44° / 1.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.57° / -2.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.26° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.