The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 1, 2055
Waxing Gibbous
82.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:35 PM
2:38 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.3%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 391,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1641
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 | 130.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.8° / 57.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 23m / -20.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.45° / 1.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.78° / -1.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.11° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.