The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 9, 2148
Waning Crescent
10.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:44 AM
6:16 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.4%
- Age
- 26.3 days
- Distance
- 396,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2791
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 322.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 64.3° / 212.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 50m / 17.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 130.00° / -0.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.68° / 0.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -136.71° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.