The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 7, 1961
Waning Crescent
5.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:41 AM
6:46 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.3%
- Age
- 27.2 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 478
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,200 km.
Exact values
For Sep 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 333.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 64.1° / 187.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 21m / 14.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.17° / -0.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.46° / 1.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -151.99° / 0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.