The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 7, 2078
Waxing Crescent
1.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:13 AM
8:48 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.9%
- Age
- 1.3 days
- Distance
- 397,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1926
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 15.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.7° / 127.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 08m / 2.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.82° / 3.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.57° / -4.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 168.47° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.