The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 9, 1910
Waxing Crescent
30.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:48 AM
9:47 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.4%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -152
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,700 km.
Exact values
For Sep 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 66.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.5° / 116.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 22m / -18.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 232.95° / -0.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.08° / 0.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 112.18° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.