The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 1, 1943
Waxing Crescent
3.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:32 AM
9:16 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.2%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 399,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 256
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 20.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.1° / 121.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 01m / 3.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.70° / 3.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.68° / -4.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 155.31° / 0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.