The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 8, 1909
Waning Crescent
30.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:01 AM
3:41 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.6%
- Age
- 23.7 days
- Distance
- 388,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -165
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 | 292.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.8° / 272.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 37m / 25.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 98.31° / 2.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.41° / -2.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.73° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.