The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 7, 2084
First Quarter
49.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:00 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.9%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 372,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2000
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Sep 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 89.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.9° / 99.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 57m / -25.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.80° / -2.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.01° / 3.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 86.21° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.