The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 9, 1943
Waxing Gibbous
73.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:43 PM
1:44 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.5%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 367,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 256
Events on this date
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Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 117.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.9° / 71.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 00m / -19.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.08° / 2.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.80° / -3.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.59° / 0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.