The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 7, 2061
Waning Crescent
41.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:02 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.2%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1715
Events on this date
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Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 7.4° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 280.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.1° / 275.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 42m / 28.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 85.93° / 5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.51° / -6.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -99.00° / 0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.