The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 1, 2122
Waxing Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:39 AM
8:03 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 397,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2470
Events on this date
-
Jupiter, Mercury, and Moon gathered
All within 5.6° of each other in the sky.
-
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 | 7.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.6° / 139.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 03m / 0.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 166.53° / -4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.41° / 6.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 176.39° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 325.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.