The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 9, 2161
Waning Gibbous
79.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:07 PM
11:46 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.5%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2952
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 | 233.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.5° / 293.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 34m / 16.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.30° / 1.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.31° / -1.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.35° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.