The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 9, 2073
Waxing Gibbous
60.8% 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
3:32 PM
12:42 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.8%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 380,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1864
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 102.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.3° / 84.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 00m / -19.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.02° / 4.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.50° / -4.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.25° / 0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.