The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 1, 2085
Waxing Gibbous
91.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:23 PM
3:57 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.6%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 360,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2012
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 | 146.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.3° / 23.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 32m / -15.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.34° / 3.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.64° / -3.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 29.91° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.