The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 9, 2038
Waxing Gibbous
85.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:05 PM
2:54 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.3%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 385,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1431
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 | 134.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.6° / 50.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 19m / -21.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 301.93° / -2.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.89° / 3.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.82° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.