The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 9, 2050
Waning Crescent
34.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:07 AM
3:54 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.5%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 393,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 1579
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 | 288.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.8° / 259.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 23m / 19.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.40° / -4.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.46° / 5.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.98° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.