The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 8, 1914
Waning Gibbous
84.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:26 PM
10:02 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.9%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -103
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,400 km.
Exact values
For Sep 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 225.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.7° / 310.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 49m / 15.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.86° / 4.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.27° / -5.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.06° / -0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.