The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 8, 1920
Waning Crescent
19.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:40 AM
5:07 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.2%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 367,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -29
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,100 km.
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 308.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.7° / 235.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 40m / 16.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 113.95° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.14° / 6.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.67° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.