The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 1, 2021
Waning Crescent
28.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:15 AM
4:56 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.3%
- Age
- 24.1 days
- Distance
- 400,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1220
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 | 295.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.7° / 261.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 24m / 25.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.30° / 2.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.73° / -2.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -118.94° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.