The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 7, 1981
Waxing Gibbous
60.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:34 PM
12:39 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.6%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 400,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 726
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 102.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.6° / 85.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 48m / -20.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.09° / 2.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.67° / -3.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.36° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.