The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 9, 1986
Waxing Crescent
31.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:08 PM
10:42 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.6%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 371,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 788
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 | 68.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.6° / 109.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 27m / -21.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.91° / -2.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.15° / 4.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.69° / 0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.