The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 9, 1977
Waning Crescent
14.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:19 AM
5:29 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.8%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 395,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 676
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 | 315.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.6° / 224.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 12m / 14.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 121.96° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.22° / 6.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -139.08° / -0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.