The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 9, 2054
Waxing Gibbous
57.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:12 PM
12:31 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.8%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 394,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1629
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 | 98.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.9° / 86.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 43m / -18.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.02° / 4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.70° / -5.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 88.04° / 0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.