The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Waning Gibbous
84.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:29 PM
11:14 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.0%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 385,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1072
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 226.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.6° / 299.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 56m / 17.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.12° / 5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.33° / -6.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.38° / -1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.