The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 9, 2173
Waxing Crescent
4.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:15 AM
8:49 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.9%
- Age
- 2.3 days
- Distance
- 395,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3101
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 25.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.1° / 126.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 47m / -5.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.04° / -0.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.24° / 1.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 149.40° / 0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.