The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 9, 2079
Waxing Gibbous
97.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:28 PM
5:09 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.2%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 390,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1938
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 | 161.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.7° / 345.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 08m / -16.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.26° / -4.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.57° / 5.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 14.42° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 236.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.