The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 1, 2053
Waning Gibbous
88.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:58 PM
10:11 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.8%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 385,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1616
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 219.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.4° / 293.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 14m / 4.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 18.82° / -2.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.32° / 3.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.46° / -0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.