The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 9, 1912
Waning Crescent
3.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:56 AM
6:21 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.2%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 360,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -128
Events on this date
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Venus and Mars close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,200 km.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 339.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 64.2° / 204.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 00m / 16.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 146.34° / 3.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.66° / -4.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -159.09° / 0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 119.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.