The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 7, 2007
Waning Crescent
14.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:45 AM
6:09 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.9%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 385,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1047
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 | 314.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 65.4° / 233.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 09m / 23.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 119.46° / 3.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.88° / -3.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.70° / -0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.