The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 9, 1906
Waning Gibbous
61.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:50 PM
12:26 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.0%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -202
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
Exact values
For Sep 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 257.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.0° / 287.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 09m / 16.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 63.42° / -4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.39° / 6.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.87° / 0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.