The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 7, 2074
Waning Gibbous
95.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:21 PM
9:01 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.1%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 394,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1876
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Sep 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 205.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.7° / 300.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 46m / -0.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.55° / -4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.53° / 6.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.77° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.