The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 8, 1906
Waning Gibbous
70.1% 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
10:15 PM
11:30 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.1%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -202
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 | 246.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.4° / 292.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 22m / 13.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.51° / -5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.83° / 7.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.68° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.