The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 1, 2123
Waxing Gibbous
82.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:27 PM
2:39 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.2%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 398,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2482
Events on this date
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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 | 129.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.9° / 56.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 20m / -19.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.78° / 2.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.03° / -3.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.67° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.