The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 7, 1991
Waning Crescent
1.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:06 AM
7:14 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.0%
- Age
- 28.6 days
- Distance
- 366,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 849
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Mercury, and Moon gathered
All within 4.2° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Sep 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 349.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.6° / 160.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 18m / 6.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.88° / -3.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.52° / 5.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -166.06° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.