The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 8, 1936
Waning Crescent
44.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:23 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.3%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 377,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 169
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 | 276.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.8° / 272.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 27m / 23.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 82.55° / 0.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.54° / -0.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.39° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.