The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 9, 2062
Waxing Crescent
40.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:12 PM
11:08 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.4%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 396,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1728
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 | 78.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.1° / 106.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 13m / -26.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.04° / -5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.31° / 6.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 106.67° / 0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.