The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 9, 2160
Waxing Gibbous
70.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:26 PM
1:25 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.4%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 401,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2940
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 113.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.4° / 76.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 49m / -20.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.53° / 2.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.51° / -2.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.01° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.