The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 1, 2048
Waning Crescent
37.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:34 AM
3:53 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.5%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1554
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,200 km.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Moon 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 | 284.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.9° / 267.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 36m / 23.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 84.49° / 0.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.24° / 0.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.09° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.