The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 7, 1948
Waxing Crescent
23.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:02 PM
10:21 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.3%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 373,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 318
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 | 57.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.6° / 111.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 40m / -16.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 222.56° / -0.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.13° / 1.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 129.51° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.