The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 7, 2079
Waxing Gibbous
87.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:30 PM
2:58 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.0%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 398,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1938
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.8° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 137.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.9° / 48.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 27m / -24.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 303.12° / -5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.07° / 6.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.78° / 1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.