The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 7, 1945
Waxing Crescent
1.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:55 AM
8:51 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.4%
- Age
- 1.1 days
- Distance
- 400,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 281
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 12.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.3° / 127.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 57m / 5.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.05° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.67° / -6.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 170.65° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.