The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 1, 2089
Waning Crescent
13.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:24 AM
5:46 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.1%
- Age
- 26.3 days
- Distance
- 362,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2061
Events on this date
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Uranus at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 317.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 59.8° / 220.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 56m / 15.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 117.82° / -4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.99° / 6.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -140.60° / -0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.