The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 1, 2015
Waning Gibbous
88.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:01 PM
10:19 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.0%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 361,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1146
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 220.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.8° / 294.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 15m / 6.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 19.58° / -1.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.80° / 2.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.84° / -0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.