The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 9, 2041
Waxing Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:52 PM
5:51 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 357,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1468
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,000 km.
Exact values
For Sep 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 169.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.6° / 330.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 42m / -13.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 336.96° / -4.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.81° / 6.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.84° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 224.1° |
| 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.