The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 9, 1953
Waxing Crescent
1.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:23 AM
8:07 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.8%
- Age
- 1.3 days
- Distance
- 406,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 380
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,600 km.
Exact values
For Sep 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 14.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.9° / 136.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 58m / -4.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.26° / -4.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.04° / 6.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 164.87° / -1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 310.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.