The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 1, 2040
Waning Crescent
21.4% 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
1:54 AM
5:40 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.4%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1455
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Mars, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 6.5° of each other in the sky.
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Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 305.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 59.9° / 252.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 07m / 26.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 104.96° / 3.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.85° / -4.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -122.74° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.