The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 7, 1932
First Quarter
51.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:21 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.6%
- Age
- 6.8 days
- Distance
- 372,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 120
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° 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 | 91.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.6° / 100.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 59m / -28.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.53° / -5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.85° / 7.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 92.23° / 0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.