The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 9, 2010
Waxing Crescent
2.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:38 AM
8:14 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.5%
- Age
- 1.2 days
- Distance
- 359,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1085
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 | 17.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.9° / 135.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 08m / -6.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.42° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.98° / 7.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 165.67° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 309.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.