The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 7, 2053
Waning Crescent
28.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:43 AM
4:24 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.3%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 367,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1616
Events on this date
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Mars, Mercury, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.0° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 295.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.1° / 251.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 48m / 18.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 101.47° / -4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.24° / 6.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -117.67° / -0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.