The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 9, 1979
Waning Gibbous
85.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:11 PM
10:43 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.5%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 367,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 701
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 | 224.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.6° / 292.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 02m / 7.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.08° / -4.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.30° / 5.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.34° / 0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.