The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 1, 2081
Waning Crescent
4.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:33 AM
7:16 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.4%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 360,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1962
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 335.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 68.3° / 178.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 16m / 18.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.76° / 2.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.31° / -3.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -159.27° / 0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.