The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 9, 1985
Waning Crescent
29.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:01 AM
5:01 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.5%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 391,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 775
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 | 294.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.1° / 263.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 51m / 27.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 101.38° / 4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.63° / -5.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.43° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.