The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 9, 2015
Waning Crescent
11.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:43 AM
5:49 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.7%
- Age
- 26.0 days
- Distance
- 399,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1146
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 | 320.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 59.9° / 215.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 33m / 14.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.87° / -4.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.60° / 5.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.49° / -0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.