The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 8, 1927
Waxing Gibbous
88.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:33 PM
3:17 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.8%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 372,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 58
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 | 140.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.4° / 38.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 37m / -22.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 305.89° / -3.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.43° / 4.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.57° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.