The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 9, 2105
Waxing Crescent
1.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:19 AM
8:08 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.6%
- Age
- 1.2 days
- Distance
- 391,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2260
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 5.7° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 13.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.5° / 137.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 56m / -4.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.71° / -4.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.64° / 6.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 171.09° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 311.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.