The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 7, 1975
Waxing Crescent
5.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:20 AM
8:49 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.4%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 359,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 652
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 26.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.7° / 127.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 35m / -7.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.97° / -3.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.11° / 4.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 156.61° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 300.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.