The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 9, 2059
Waxing Crescent
6.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:29 AM
9:16 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.5%
- Age
- 2.7 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1691
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 | 29.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.5° / 120.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 05m / -3.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.43° / 2.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.90° / -3.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 147.81° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.