The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 9, 2033
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:11 PM
7:41 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 358,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1369
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,600 km.
Exact values
For Sep 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 188.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.8° / 318.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 40m / -0.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.32° / 1.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.31° / -1.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.74° / -0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 58.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.