The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 1, 2017
Waxing Gibbous
79.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:13 PM
2:27 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.7%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 401,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1171
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 | 126.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.4° / 61.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 07m / -19.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 285.79° / 3.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.62° / -3.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.48° / 0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.