The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 9, 1951
Waxing Gibbous
60.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
4:11 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.5%
- Age
- 8.1 days
- Distance
- 369,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 355
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 | 101.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.7° / 94.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 52m / -28.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.15° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.97° / 6.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.21° / -0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.