The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 8, 1923
Waning Crescent
6.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:29 AM
6:33 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.4%
- Age
- 27.2 days
- Distance
- 375,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 8
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 330.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 63.0° / 193.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 10m / 13.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.87° / -2.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.63° / 3.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -156.59° / 0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.