The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 7, 1939
Waning Crescent
41.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:32 AM
3:19 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.3%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 376,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 206
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 | 280.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.1° / 265.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 36m / 19.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 84.35° / -4.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.72° / 5.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -107.04° / -1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.