The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 9, 2197
Waning Crescent
7.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:23 AM
6:13 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.4%
- Age
- 27.1 days
- Distance
- 371,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3397
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 328.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.5° / 197.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 10m / 12.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.32° / -4.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.00° / 5.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -154.57° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.