The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 8, 1903
Waning Gibbous
97.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:44 PM
7:35 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.2%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 395,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -239
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 199.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.7° / 325.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 14m / 1.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.03° / 0.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.08° / 0.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.69° / -0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.