The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 9, 2004
Waning Crescent
22.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:43 AM
5:36 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.9%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1010
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Sep 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 303.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 59.2° / 254.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 32m / 26.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 110.41° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.63° / -6.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -124.23° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.