The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 7, 1926
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:15 AM
8:32 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 0.4 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 46
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 4.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.0° / 133.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 26m / 8.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 168.91° / 4.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.41° / -5.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 174.47° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.