The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 9, 2082
Waning Gibbous
94.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:40 PM
9:29 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.3%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1975
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 207.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.1° / 308.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 49m / 9.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 14.89° / 3.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.08° / -4.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.53° / -0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 60.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.