The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 1, 1946
Waxing Crescent
32.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:46 PM
11:15 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.0%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 401,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 293
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 | 68.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.4° / 102.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 02m / -14.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 227.33° / 2.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.92° / -2.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.16° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.