The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 7, 1959
Waxing Crescent
25.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:05 PM
10:54 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.2%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 368,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 454
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,600 km.
Exact values
For Sep 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 60.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.1° / 106.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 52m / -12.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 224.34° / 3.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.29° / -3.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 119.29° / -0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.