The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 7, 1904
Waning Crescent
7.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:19 AM
5:25 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.0%
- Age
- 27.2 days
- Distance
- 361,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -227
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 329.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.6° / 223.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 03m / 13.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.17° / -2.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.87° / 4.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -153.29° / -0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.