The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 1, 2189
Waning Gibbous
62.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:27 PM
1:32 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.1%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3298
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,200 km.
Exact values
For Sep 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 256.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.3° / 281.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 34m / 19.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 55.91° / -0.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.29° / 0.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.46° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.