The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 9, 2049
Waxing Gibbous
93.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:20 PM
4:35 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.8%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 361,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1567
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,100 km.
Exact values
For Sep 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 151.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.3° / 12.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 19m / -10.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 318.85° / 4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.17° / -5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.44° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.