The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 7, 2024
Waxing Crescent
17.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:24 AM
9:46 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.8%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1258
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 | 49.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.3° / 116.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 08m / -15.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.27° / -2.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.88° / 3.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 126.52° / 0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.