The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 1, 2024
Waning Crescent
2.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:21 AM
7:43 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.0%
- Age
- 28.2 days
- Distance
- 400,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1257
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 344.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 65.2° / 158.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 50m / 16.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 144.04° / 3.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.52° / -4.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -160.08° / 0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 121.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.