The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 8, 1944
Waning Gibbous
59.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:59 PM
1:43 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.1%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 378,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 268
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 | 259.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.5° / 277.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 17m / 17.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 65.54° / -4.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.06° / 5.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.76° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.