The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 1, 1976
Waxing Gibbous
55.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:05 PM
12:14 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.9%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 374,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 664
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 96.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.4° / 88.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 01m / -19.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.01° / 3.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.40° / -3.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 87.95° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.