The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 7, 2116
Waxing Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:42 AM
8:33 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 358,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2396
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Sep 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 9.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.3° / 131.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 46m / 4.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.97° / 2.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.47° / -3.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 173.07° / 1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.