The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 9, 2021
Waxing Crescent
8.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:53 AM
9:34 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.9%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1221
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 | 34.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.2° / 117.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 25m / -5.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.63° / 3.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.38° / -4.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 143.20° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.