The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 9, 1981
Waxing Gibbous
78.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:15 PM
2:13 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.6%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 392,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 726
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Mercury, and Saturn gathered
All within 3.9° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 124.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.7° / 65.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 33m / -20.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.59° / 0.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.84° / -0.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.98° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.