The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 1, 1979
Waxing Gibbous
70.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:18 PM
1:33 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.3%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 373,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 701
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 | 113.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.6° / 74.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 11m / -18.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.57° / 4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.28° / -5.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.08° / -0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.