The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 9, 1939
Waning Crescent
20.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:32 AM
5:01 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.5%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 366,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 206
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 | 306.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.6° / 238.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 34m / 16.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 112.56° / -5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.46° / 7.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.48° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.