The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 9, 2078
Waxing Crescent
10.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:15 AM
9:30 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.5%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1926
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 | 37.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.4° / 118.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 35m / -8.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.08° / 1.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.58° / -1.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 144.00° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.