The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 9, 2175
Waning Crescent
28.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:09 AM
5:03 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.1%
- Age
- 24.1 days
- Distance
- 382,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 3125
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Sep 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 296.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.0° / 261.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 58m / 26.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 103.07° / 3.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.97° / -4.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -109.64° / -0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.