The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 9, 1917
Waning Crescent
36.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:03 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.1%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 395,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -66
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 286.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.4° / 275.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 12m / 23.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 92.74° / 0.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.24° / -0.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -99.30° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.