The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 1, 2011
Waxing Crescent
17.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:18 AM
9:53 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.6%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 363,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1097
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 | 49.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.3° / 115.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 39m / -14.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.29° / -3.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.16° / 5.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.64° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.