The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 1, 2090
Waxing Gibbous
56.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:03 PM
12:30 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.9%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 385,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2074
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Sep 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 97.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.4° / 85.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 08m / -17.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.54° / 5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.16° / -6.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 89.55° / -0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.