The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 9, 2006
Waning Gibbous
94.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:52 PM
9:19 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.7%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 359,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1035
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 | 206.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.1° / 306.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 47m / 6.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.60° / 1.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.34° / -1.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.54° / 0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.