The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 9, 1983
Waxing Crescent
9.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:56 AM
9:42 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.4%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 368,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 751
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 | 35.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.8° / 116.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 27m / -4.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.83° / 4.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.22° / -5.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 150.80° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.