The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 1, 2059
Waning Crescent
24.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:32 AM
5:26 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.3%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 394,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1690
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 | 301.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.8° / 257.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 46m / 26.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 100.36° / 3.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.18° / -4.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -114.33° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.