The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 7, 2000
Waxing Gibbous
68.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:21 PM
1:15 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.6%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 961
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 | 111.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.1° / 79.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 30m / -21.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.01° / 1.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.92° / -1.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.57° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.