The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 1, 2012
Waning Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:19 PM
8:07 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 389,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1109
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 | 193.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.1° / 315.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 26m / 1.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.73° / 4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.49° / -5.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.04° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 48.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.