The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 1, 1939
Waning Gibbous
93.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:14 PM
9:30 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.3%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 206
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 210.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.1° / 302.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 28m / 5.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 8.37° / 1.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.57° / -2.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.86° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.