The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 7, 1916
Waxing Gibbous
77.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:17 PM
12:47 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.6%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 365,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -78
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 123.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.2° / 82.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 19m / -23.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.09° / -0.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.48° / 1.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.46° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.