The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 9, 1967
Waxing Crescent
33.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:21 PM
10:54 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.8%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 553
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 70.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.8° / 107.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 37m / -21.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 237.25° / -2.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.38° / 3.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 113.50° / 1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.