The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 1, 2043
Waning Crescent
4.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:36 AM
7:24 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.2%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 379,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1492
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 336.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 69.2° / 175.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 18m / 19.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.78° / 3.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.14° / -4.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -151.65° / 0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.