The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 1, 2005
Waning Crescent
4.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:38 AM
7:27 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.2%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1022
Events on this date
-
Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 336.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 69.8° / 174.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 20m / 20.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.17° / 4.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.71° / -5.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -156.27° / 0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.