The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 9, 1959
First Quarter
47.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:16 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.2%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 454
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Sep 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 86.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.5° / 93.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 48m / -17.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.85° / 4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.36° / -5.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 94.86° / -0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.