The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 9, 2157
Waxing Crescent
28.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:50 PM
10:15 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.0%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2903
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 | 63.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.5° / 113.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 08m / -22.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.01° / -5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.24° / 7.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 112.07° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.