The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 9, 2174
Waxing Gibbous
96.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:07 PM
4:48 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.0%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 359,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3113
Events on this date
-
Venus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 156.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.6° / 357.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 49m / -15.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 324.13° / -2.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.30° / 3.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.80° / -0.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.