The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 7, 1946
Waxing Gibbous
85.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:13 PM
2:47 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.2%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 395,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 293
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 | 134.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.1° / 53.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 08m / -23.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.13° / -3.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.12° / 4.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.96° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.