The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 1, 2103
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:00 AM
7:47 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 0.0 days
- Distance
- 406,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2235
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,600 km.
Exact values
For Sep 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 0.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.8° / 145.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 35m / 4.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.72° / -4.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.66° / 6.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -179.78° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 15.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.