The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 1, 1945
Waning Crescent
23.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:50 AM
5:12 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.8%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 381,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 280
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 | 301.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.0° / 252.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 46m / 23.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 100.62° / 0.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.31° / -0.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -115.96° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.