The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 7, 2020
Waning Gibbous
75.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:45 PM
12:04 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.1%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1208
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 239.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.5° / 286.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 56m / 13.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 45.41° / -3.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.51° / 4.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.57° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.