The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 1, 2179
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:01 AM
7:46 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.0 days
- Distance
- 361,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 3175
Events on this date
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Neptune at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Sep 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 0.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.9° / 146.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 37m / 3.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.61° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.94° / 6.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 177.20° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 13.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.