The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 9, 2024
Waxing Crescent
34.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:32 PM
10:46 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.6%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 398,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1258
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 | 71.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.5° / 109.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 44m / -24.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 239.27° / -4.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.25° / 5.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 102.08° / 0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.