The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 8, 1918
Waxing Crescent
9.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:10 AM
9:02 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.4%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -53
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,200 km.
Exact values
For Sep 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 35.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.5° / 124.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 09m / -11.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.49° / -4.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.19° / 5.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 143.57° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.