The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 6, 2007
Waning Crescent
23.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:36 AM
5:31 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.3%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 381,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1047
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 302.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.2° / 255.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 13m / 26.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 106.24° / 4.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.65° / -4.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -116.48° / -0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.