The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 9, 1949
Waning Gibbous
95.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:54 PM
9:06 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.5%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 330
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 | 204.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.0° / 305.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 42m / 3.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 11.24° / -0.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.45° / 1.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -24.34° / 0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.