The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 9, 1946
Waxing Gibbous
96.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:26 PM
4:52 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.3%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 386,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 293
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 | 158.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.7° / 351.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 54m / -17.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 324.65° / -4.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.28° / 6.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 16.60° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 237.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.