The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 9, 1941
Waning Gibbous
85.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:03 PM
10:46 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.6%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 231
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 | 224.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.2° / 293.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 01m / 8.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.23° / -3.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.75° / 4.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.92° / -0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.