The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 7, 2130
Waxing Crescent
20.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:29 AM
10:37 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.6%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2569
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 53.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.9° / 107.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 31m / -9.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.60° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.64° / -6.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 121.67° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.