The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 9, 1992
Waxing Gibbous
94.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:27 PM
4:49 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.6%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 862
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,100 km.
Exact values
For Sep 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 153.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.8° / 8.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 27m / -10.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 320.65° / 4.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.97° / -4.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 27.62° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.