The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 9, 2107
Waning Gibbous
57.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:51 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.8%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 382,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2284
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 | 261.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.0° / 277.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 26m / 17.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 67.55° / -3.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.90° / 5.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.99° / -0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.