The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Waning Gibbous
75.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:06 PM
12:23 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.6%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 381,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1072
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 | 239.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.2° / 294.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 50m / 21.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 46.37° / 4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.24° / -5.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.56° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.