The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 1, 2076
Waxing Crescent
8.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:45 AM
9:50 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.9%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 399,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1901
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 34.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.3° / 114.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 00m / -1.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.41° / 4.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.90° / -5.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 140.88° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.