The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 8, 1919
Waxing Gibbous
97.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:47 PM
5:23 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.0%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 378,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -41
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Mars, and Neptune gathered
All within 2.5° of each other in the sky.
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Mars and Neptune close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 160.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.5° / 355.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 44m / -8.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.56° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.55° / -6.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 13.99° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.