The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 1, 1921
New Moon
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:20 AM
7:36 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 358,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- -17
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,400 km.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Sep 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 353.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.0° / 153.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 10m / 7.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.83° / -3.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.69° / 5.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.95° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.