The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 9, 1958
Waning Crescent
19.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:45 AM
5:07 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.0%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 378,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 441
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Sep 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 308.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.6° / 235.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 44m / 16.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 115.04° / -5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.10° / 7.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -135.27° / -0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.