The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 9, 2014
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:09 PM
7:44 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 15.1 days
- Distance
- 360,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1134
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 | 188.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.3° / 319.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 39m / 0.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.31° / 2.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.88° / -2.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.95° / -0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 54.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.