The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 9, 2044
Waning Gibbous
94.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:42 PM
9:20 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.8%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 384,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1505
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 | 206.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.7° / 308.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 47m / 8.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.87° / 2.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.76° / -3.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.16° / -0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 61.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.