The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 8, 1928
Waning Crescent
31.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:57 AM
4:45 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.0%
- Age
- 24.1 days
- Distance
- 373,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 70
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus 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 | 292.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.4° / 263.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 37m / 26.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 98.22° / 2.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.75° / -3.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -109.03° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.