The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 1, 2001
Waxing Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:54 PM
5:32 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 973
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
Exact values
For Sep 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 166.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.8° / 333.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 58m / -16.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.79° / -3.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.53° / 5.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 14.31° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 233.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.