The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 9, 2169
Waning Gibbous
90.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:39 PM
9:55 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.9%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 398,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3051
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Mercury, and Venus gathered
All within 4.3° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 215.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.2° / 296.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 29m / 4.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 22.43° / -4.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.51° / 6.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.76° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.