The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 1, 2000
Waxing Crescent
13.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:27 AM
10:16 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.5%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 379,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 961
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 | 42.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.8° / 110.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 30m / -3.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.23° / 5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.55° / -6.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 143.86° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.