The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 1, 2144
Waxing Crescent
18.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:16 AM
10:18 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.2%
- Age
- 3.7 days
- Distance
- 364,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2742
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 50.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.8° / 111.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 53m / -11.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.13° / 0.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.90° / -0.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 131.45° / -1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.