The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 8, 1943
Waxing Gibbous
62.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:43 PM
12:50 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.8%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 371,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 256
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 | 104.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.2° / 82.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 59m / -19.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.87° / 3.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.65° / -4.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.78° / 0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.