The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 9, 1975
Waxing Crescent
20.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:46 AM
10:11 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.7%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 367,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 652
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 | 54.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.8° / 113.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 30m / -16.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 220.38° / -1.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.23° / 1.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 132.15° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.