The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 7, 2021
Waxing Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:32 AM
8:39 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 374,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1221
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 8.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.7° / 130.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 43m / 7.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 173.38° / 4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.55° / -5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 167.66° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.