The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 7, 1976
Waxing Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:14 PM
6:13 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 394,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 664
Events on this date
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Mars, Mercury, and Venus gathered
All within 4.9° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 170.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.3° / 340.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 21m / -5.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 335.15° / 4.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.59° / -5.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 14.83° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.