The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 7, 1949
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:16 PM
7:07 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 330
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Sep 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 182.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.2° / 317.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 18m / -7.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.45° / -2.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.38° / 3.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 0.02° / 0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 118.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.