The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 9, 2043
Waxing Crescent
32.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:19 PM
10:37 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.7%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1493
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,500 km.
Exact values
For Sep 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 69.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.4° / 110.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 32m / -23.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.42° / -4.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.89° / 6.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.49° / 0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.