The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 9, 2031
Waning Crescent
40.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:32 AM
3:26 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.7%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1344
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
-
Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.9° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 280.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.5° / 266.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 50m / 20.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 87.67° / -3.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.87° / 4.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.17° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.