The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 9, 2017
Waning Gibbous
86.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:06 PM
10:32 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.7%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 373,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1171
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 222.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.6° / 293.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 58m / 6.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.78° / -4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.35° / 6.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.96° / 0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.