The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 7, 1917
Waning Gibbous
56.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:42 PM
1:18 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.2%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 385,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -66
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 263.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.2° / 290.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 21m / 24.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 67.49° / 2.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.23° / -2.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.89° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.