The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 9, 1926
Waxing Crescent
5.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:10 AM
9:22 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.5%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 46
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 | 26.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.3° / 119.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 55m / -0.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.76° / 5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.65° / -6.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 150.00° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.