The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 9, 1945
Waxing Crescent
9.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:52 AM
9:40 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.0%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 281
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 | 34.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.8° / 116.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 26m / -3.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.18° / 4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.67° / -6.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 146.18° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.