The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 7, 2108
Waxing Crescent
5.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:21 AM
9:13 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.8%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 359,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2297
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 | 27.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.4° / 122.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 50m / -4.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.05° / 0.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.09° / -0.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 154.41° / -0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.