The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 9, 1922
Waning Gibbous
90.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:35 PM
10:04 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.4%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -4
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 | 216.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.4° / 298.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 26m / 6.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 22.38° / -2.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.86° / 2.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.14° / -0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.