The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 7, 2070
Waxing Crescent
9.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:02 AM
9:26 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.2%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 391,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1827
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 35.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.5° / 119.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 17m / -7.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.68° / 0.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.94° / -0.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 149.80° / -0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.