The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 9, 1960
Waning Gibbous
80.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:32 PM
11:26 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.2%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 389,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 466
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 | 232.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.0° / 289.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 35m / 10.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 39.85° / -4.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.12° / 5.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.73° / 0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.