The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 7, 2019
Waxing Gibbous
65.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:08 PM
12:56 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.6%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 393,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1196
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 | 108.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.4° / 82.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 12m / -22.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.81° / 1.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.76° / -1.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.99° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.