The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 9, 2051
Waxing Crescent
17.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:15 AM
10:04 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.3%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1592
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,700 km.
Exact values
For Sep 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 49.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.1° / 113.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 16m / -12.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.02° / 1.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.88° / -1.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 129.15° / -0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.