The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 8, 1937
Waxing Crescent
14.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:55 AM
9:30 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.1%
- Age
- 3.7 days
- Distance
- 398,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 182
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 | 43.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.1° / 119.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 45m / -14.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.50° / -3.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.69° / 4.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 139.75° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.