The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 9, 2001
Waning Gibbous
61.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:38 PM
1:32 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.9%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 386,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 973
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 | 256.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.4° / 280.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 07m / 18.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 63.39° / -2.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.69° / 3.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.17° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.