The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 7, 2059
Waxing Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:32 AM
8:34 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 406,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1691
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,600 km.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 3.1° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 7.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.9° / 131.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 40m / 6.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 172.76° / 4.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.59° / -5.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 172.28° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.