The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 8, 1946
Waxing Gibbous
91.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:52 PM
3:47 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.5%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 391,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 293
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Sep 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 146.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -70.0° / 24.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 02m / -21.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 311.72° / -4.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.87° / 5.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.78° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.