The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 9, 1952
Waning Gibbous
64.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:50 PM
1:40 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.6%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 386,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 367
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 | 253.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.7° / 289.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 46m / 25.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 59.95° / 5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.77° / -6.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.34° / -0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.