The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 9, 2055
Waning Gibbous
88.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:55 PM
10:15 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.7%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1641
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 | 219.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.8° / 294.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 44m / 5.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 26.09° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.12° / 6.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.35° / 1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.