The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 9, 1980
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:11 AM
8:14 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 0.2 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 714
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 2.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 176.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.6° / 138.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 27m / 6.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 169.86° / 2.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.92° / -3.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 179.73° / 0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.