The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 7, 1912
Waning Crescent
16.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:17 AM
5:08 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.9%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 363,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -128
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Sep 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 311.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.3° / 258.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 58m / 25.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 116.48° / 5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.32° / -6.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.63° / 0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.