The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 9, 1921
Waxing Gibbous
55.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:59 PM
12:18 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.3%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 396,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -16
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 | 95.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.5° / 87.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 28m / -18.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.36° / 4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.93° / -5.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 90.24° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.