The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 9, 2083
Waning Crescent
6.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:27 AM
6:34 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.3%
- Age
- 27.1 days
- Distance
- 386,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1987
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Sep 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 330.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 63.7° / 192.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 21m / 14.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.15° / -0.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.26° / 1.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -156.17° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.