The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 9, 1900
Full Moon
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:52 PM
6:37 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 357,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -276
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,300 km.
Exact values
For Sep 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 187.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.2° / 342.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 29m / 1.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 353.63° / 4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.36° / -5.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -7.07° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 34.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.