The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 9, 2184
Waxing Crescent
19.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:24 AM
10:28 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.5%
- Age
- 4.7 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 3237
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,400 km.
Exact values
For Sep 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 52.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.7° / 109.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 36m / -10.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.90° / 4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.05° / -5.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 126.91° / 0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.