The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 9, 1916
Waxing Gibbous
93.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:31 PM
3:19 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.6%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 363,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -78
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,400 km.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Sep 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 150.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.4° / 41.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 17m / -14.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 317.33° / 1.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.94° / -1.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.10° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.