The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 9, 1995
Waning Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:01 PM
7:36 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 378,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 899
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Sep 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 186.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.4° / 321.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 30m / -0.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 353.09° / 2.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.93° / -3.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -1.14° / -1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 44.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.