The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 9, 2002
Waxing Crescent
9.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:00 AM
9:40 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.6%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 360,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 986
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 | 35.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.1° / 116.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 30m / -5.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.68° / 3.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.89° / -4.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 147.00° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.