The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 8, 1912
Waning Crescent
8.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:35 AM
5:49 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.9%
- Age
- 26.9 days
- Distance
- 361,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -128
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 | 325.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 62.1° / 235.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 01m / 21.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.35° / 4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.40° / -5.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -146.86° / 0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.