The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 1, 2169
Waxing Gibbous
80.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:40 PM
2:10 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.2%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3051
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 | 127.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.7° / 66.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 13m / -24.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.71° / -1.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.13° / 2.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.70° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.