The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 9, 1937
Waxing Crescent
21.5% 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
11:54 AM
10:05 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.5%
- Age
- 4.7 days
- Distance
- 401,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 182
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 | 55.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.6° / 114.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 34m / -17.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 221.64° / -2.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.66° / 3.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 127.53° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.