The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 1, 1995
Waxing Crescent
42.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:48 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.0%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 371,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 899
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 | 80.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.4° / 97.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 51m / -17.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 239.45° / 2.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.04° / -3.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 96.35° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.