The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 9, 2106
Waxing Gibbous
86.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:35 PM
3:28 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.5%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2272
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 137.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.0° / 40.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 19m / -14.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 303.75° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.28° / -6.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.40° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.