The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 7, 1903
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:13 PM
6:37 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 398,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -239
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Sep 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 187.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.2° / 337.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 27m / -2.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.69° / 1.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.08° / -1.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.51° / -0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 59.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.