The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 1, 1925
Waxing Gibbous
98.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:40 PM
5:18 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.0%
- Age
- 13.1 days
- Distance
- 360,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 33
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,700 km.
Exact values
For Sep 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 163.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.8° / 341.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 42m / -15.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 322.52° / -1.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.90° / 2.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.29° / 0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.