The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 1, 1981
Waxing Crescent
9.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:52 AM
9:58 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.7%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 397,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 726
Events on this date
-
Jupiter, Moon, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 7.9° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 5.1° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 36.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.1° / 112.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 03m / -1.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.12° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.52° / -6.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 147.67° / 1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.