The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 9, 2155
Waxing Gibbous
96.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:13 PM
4:51 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.3%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 362,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2878
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,300 km.
Exact values
For Sep 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 157.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.9° / 354.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 51m / -15.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 324.56° / -2.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.33° / 3.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.60° / 0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.