The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 22, 2007
Waxing Gibbous
78.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:23 PM
2:09 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.7%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 380,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1048
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 124.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.5° / 64.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 29m / -21.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.26° / -2.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.49° / 4.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.03° / -0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.