The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 1, 1942
Waning Gibbous
59.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:30 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.6%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 400,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 243
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 259.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.6° / 275.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 46m / 14.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 57.65° / -5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.24° / 7.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.86° / 0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.