The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 7, 2023
Waning Crescent
42.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:48 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.7%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 394,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1245
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 | 278.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.1° / 275.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 30m / 27.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 83.30° / 4.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.25° / -5.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -91.39° / 1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.