The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 9, 1948
Waxing Crescent
43.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:24 PM
11:34 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.6%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 385,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 318
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 | 82.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.5° / 102.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 29m / -24.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 249.38° / -2.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.42° / 4.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 105.07° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.