The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 1, 1959
Waning Crescent
2.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:26 AM
7:08 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.5%
- Age
- 28.1 days
- Distance
- 383,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 453
Events on this date
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.7° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 342.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.4° / 169.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 28m / 11.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 140.82° / -3.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.71° / 5.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -167.31° / -0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.