The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 7, 1936
Last Quarter
55.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:54 PM
2:24 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.4%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 372,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 169
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Sep 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 263.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.9° / 280.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 27m / 23.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 68.81° / 1.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.89° / -2.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.19° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.5° |
| 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.