The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 1, 1944
Waxing Gibbous
97.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:41 PM
5:13 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.8%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 359,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 268
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 | 163.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.5° / 342.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 42m / -16.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 322.30° / -2.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.52° / 3.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 13.50° / 1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.6° |
| 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.