The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 9, 2040
Waxing Crescent
9.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:00 AM
9:31 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.3%
- Age
- 3.0 days
- Distance
- 388,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1456
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 35.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.1° / 118.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 29m / -6.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.85° / 2.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.40° / -3.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 139.39° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.