The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 8, 2007
Waning Crescent
8.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:55 AM
6:39 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.2%
- Age
- 26.7 days
- Distance
- 388,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1047
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 326.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 67.6° / 202.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 02m / 19.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 132.44° / 2.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.84° / -2.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -140.93° / -0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.