The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 8, 1935
Waxing Gibbous
76.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:11 PM
1:47 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.6%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 371,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 157
Events on this date
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 122.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.9° / 70.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 14m / -22.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.11° / -0.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.26° / 0.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.17° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.