The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 8, 1939
Waning Crescent
30.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:29 AM
4:12 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.5%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 371,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 206
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 | 293.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.0° / 254.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 35m / 18.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 98.24° / -4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.84° / 6.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.26° / -1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.0° |
| 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.