The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Waxing Gibbous
91.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:33 PM
3:57 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.8%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1072
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 | 146.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.9° / 23.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 33m / -18.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.06° / 0.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.29° / -0.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.89° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.