The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 9, 2122
Waxing Gibbous
55.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:20 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.2%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 397,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2470
Events on this date
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Mars, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 0.9° of each other in the sky.
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Mars and Saturn close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
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Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
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Saturn and Uranus close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 95.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.3° / 93.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 27m / -24.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.56° / -0.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.78° / 1.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.60° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.