The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 1, 2124
Last Quarter
50.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:37 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.4%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 374,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2494
Events on this date
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Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Sep 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 269.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.0° / 274.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 31m / 20.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 69.28° / -1.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.12° / 2.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -94.89° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.