The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 1, 1949
Waxing Gibbous
69.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:00 PM
12:45 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.8%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 383,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 330
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 | 113.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.8° / 86.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 10m / -28.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.16° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.01° / 6.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.12° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.