The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 9, 1944
Last Quarter
48.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:46 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.4%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 384,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 268
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Sep 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 271.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.8° / 271.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 13m / 19.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 78.83° / -3.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.27° / 4.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.96° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.