The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 8, 1916
Waxing Gibbous
86.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:57 PM
2:02 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.6%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 363,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -78
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 | 136.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.1° / 65.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 19m / -19.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.65° / 0.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.32° / -0.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.28° / -1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.