The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 9, 2066
Waning Gibbous
68.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:45 PM
1:10 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.3%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 397,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1777
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Sep 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 248.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.1° / 289.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 31m / 22.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 56.00° / 3.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.08° / -3.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.73° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.