The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 9, 2022
Waxing Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:55 PM
5:53 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 366,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1233
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 | 169.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.7° / 330.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 42m / -13.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 336.86° / -4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.28° / 6.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 13.65° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 222.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.