The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 9, 1913
Waxing Gibbous
71.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
4:07 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.7%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 394,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -115
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 115.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.7° / 93.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 54m / -27.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 282.05° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.52° / 6.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.12° / 0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.