The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 1, 1971
Waxing Gibbous
84.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:02 PM
2:30 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.0%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 375,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 602
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 | 132.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.5° / 58.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 33m / -23.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.28° / -2.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.38° / 2.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.48° / -0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.