The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 7, 2001
Waning Gibbous
80.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:30 PM
11:26 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.1%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 395,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 973
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 | 232.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.2° / 288.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 28m / 10.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 38.09° / -4.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.66° / 5.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.78° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.