The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 7, 2055
Waning Gibbous
97.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:00 PM
8:22 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.6%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1641
Events on this date
-
Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 197.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.4° / 305.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 15m / -2.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 2.38° / -4.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.37° / 5.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -16.98° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.