The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 7, 2153
Waning Gibbous
80.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:03 PM
11:32 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.8%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2853
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,100 km.
Exact values
For Sep 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 232.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.0° / 293.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 20m / 14.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 37.43° / 0.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.41° / -0.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.56° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.