The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 1, 1938
First Quarter
49.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:34 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.5%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 399,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 194
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Sep 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 89.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.6° / 94.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 25m / -20.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.87° / 1.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.69° / -1.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 95.54° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.