The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 8, 1908
Waxing Gibbous
95.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:12 PM
3:24 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.0%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 358,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -177
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 | 154.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.7° / 37.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 34m / -18.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.84° / -3.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.02° / 5.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.69° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.