The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 1, 1980
Last Quarter
51.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:20 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.1%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 375,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 713
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Sep 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.5° / 271.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 29m / 16.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 68.21° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.52° / 6.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.47° / 0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.