The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 9, 1911
Waning Gibbous
98.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:39 PM
6:56 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.7%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 383,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -140
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 192.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.2° / 328.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 59m / -3.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 358.61° / -2.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.96° / 4.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -17.27° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.