The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 7, 2121
Waning Crescent
16.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:51 AM
5:43 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.0%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 398,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2457
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 313.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 61.2° / 232.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 00m / 20.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 118.11° / -0.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.59° / 1.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.10° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.