The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 9, 2053
Waning Crescent
10.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:52 AM
6:04 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.1%
- Age
- 26.6 days
- Distance
- 364,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1616
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,900 km.
Exact values
For Sep 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 323.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 61.3° / 209.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 49m / 14.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 130.57° / -3.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.95° / 4.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -142.12° / 0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.