The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 1, 1996
Waning Gibbous
80.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:32 PM
11:22 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.4%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 377,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 911
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 | 232.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.8° / 289.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 03m / 10.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.08° / -2.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.29° / 3.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.23° / -0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.