The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 8, 1915
Waning Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:08 AM
6:25 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 382,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -91
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 | 350.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.4° / 183.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 27m / 7.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 155.68° / -1.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.96° / 2.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -175.78° / -0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.