The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 9, 2023
Waning Crescent
24.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:31 AM
5:29 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.4%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1245
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 | 301.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.7° / 257.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 20m / 27.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 107.73° / 5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.65° / -6.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -115.82° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.