The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 21, 2007
Waxing Gibbous
69.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:48 PM
1:01 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.5%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 387,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1048
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 112.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.3° / 81.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 34m / -25.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.13° / -3.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.28° / 5.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.21° / -0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.