The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 1, 2099
Waning Gibbous
96.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:54 PM
8:41 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.7%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2185
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,100 km.
Exact values
For Sep 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 200.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.6° / 305.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 01m / 0.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.43° / 0.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.10° / -0.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.25° / 0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.5° |
| 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.