The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 9, 2000
Waxing Gibbous
84.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:51 PM
2:53 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.4%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 961
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 133.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.7° / 52.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 12m / -20.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.62° / -0.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.17° / 1.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.19° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.