The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 7, 2051
Waxing Crescent
5.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:23 AM
9:00 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.7%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1592
Events on this date
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Mars and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 27.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.0° / 125.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 44m / -5.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.42° / -1.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.84° / 1.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 153.61° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.