The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 9, 1950
Waning Crescent
7.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:01 AM
6:51 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.5%
- Age
- 27.0 days
- Distance
- 383,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 342
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 | 328.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 68.8° / 197.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 14m / 19.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.92° / 3.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.41° / -4.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -153.94° / 0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.