The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 7, 1971
Waning Gibbous
90.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:03 PM
10:07 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.7%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 360,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 602
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 | 215.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.7° / 304.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 05m / 12.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 19.67° / 4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.74° / -5.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.58° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 61.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.