The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 8, 1931
Waning Crescent
17.0% 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
2:21 AM
6:08 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.0%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 371,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 107
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 | 311.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 64.9° / 241.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 59m / 25.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 116.59° / 4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.68° / -6.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -137.91° / 0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.