The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 1, 2197
Waning Gibbous
78.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:09 PM
11:51 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.3%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3397
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,300 km.
Exact values
For Sep 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 235.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.7° / 293.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 07m / 16.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 35.38° / 3.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.23° / -4.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.86° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.