The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 1, 2051
Waning Crescent
12.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:32 AM
5:48 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.5%
- Age
- 26.0 days
- Distance
- 388,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1591
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 319.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.2° / 218.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 57m / 15.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 118.23° / -5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.81° / 7.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -132.98° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.