The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 1, 2131
Waxing Gibbous
66.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:13 PM
1:02 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.7%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 395,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2581
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 109.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.3° / 82.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 52m / -22.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.26° / 1.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.62° / -0.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.27° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.