The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 9, 2135
Waxing Crescent
4.0% 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
8:58 AM
8:54 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.0%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 360,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2631
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,500 km.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 23.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.2° / 125.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 37m / -3.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.79° / 0.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.01° / -0.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 157.03° / 0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.