The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 7, 2040
Waxing Crescent
1.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:53 AM
8:44 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.2%
- Age
- 1.0 days
- Distance
- 395,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1456
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Mercury, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 6.4° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 11.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.2° / 128.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 58m / 4.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.47° / 4.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.63° / -5.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 163.86° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.