The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 9, 2045
Waning Crescent
2.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:13 AM
7:02 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.9%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 359,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1517
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,800 km.
Exact values
For Sep 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 340.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 61.2° / 172.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 59m / 11.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 147.74° / -0.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.29° / 1.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -160.79° / -0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.