The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 1, 2097
Waning Crescent
24.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:25 AM
5:31 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.4%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 366,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2160
Events on this date
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Neptune behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 301.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.3° / 258.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 50m / 27.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 101.11° / 4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.48° / -5.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -121.94° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.