The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 9, 2047
Waning Gibbous
75.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:08 PM
12:22 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.5%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1542
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,000 km.
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Sep 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 239.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.1° / 294.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 50m / 20.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 46.32° / 4.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.42° / -5.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.94° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.