The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 9, 2086
Waxing Crescent
2.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:40 AM
8:14 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.5%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2025
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 17.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.1° / 134.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 12m / -6.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.15° / -4.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.10° / 6.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 162.67° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 307.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.