The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 9, 2090
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:16 PM
7:40 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2074
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
Exact values
For Sep 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 187.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.0° / 316.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 43m / -2.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.28° / -0.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.73° / 0.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -7.95° / -0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.