The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 6, 2009
Waning Gibbous
95.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:32 PM
9:04 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.9%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 392,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1072
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 203.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.4° / 310.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 19m / 7.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.26° / 4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.74° / -5.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -28.01° / -1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 56.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.