The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 8, 1926
Waxing Crescent
2.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:12 AM
8:57 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.0%
- Age
- 1.4 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 46
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 | 15.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.3° / 125.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 11m / 4.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.80° / 4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.56° / -6.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 162.24° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.