The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 1, 2018
Waning Gibbous
65.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:41 PM
12:55 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.6%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 382,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1183
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 | 251.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.2° / 278.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 20m / 13.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.04° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.96° / 6.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.89° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.