The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 1, 2050
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:00 PM
7:16 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 356,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1579
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,900 km.
Exact values
For Sep 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 183.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.6° / 322.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 52m / -2.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 343.31° / 4.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.07° / -5.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.46° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 17.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.