The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 9, 2007
Waning Crescent
3.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:03 AM
7:05 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 27.7 days
- Distance
- 392,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1047
Events on this date
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Uranus at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 338.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 63.7° / 174.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 51m / 14.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 145.19° / 1.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.56° / -0.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -153.16° / -0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.