The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 8, 1947
Waning Crescent
44.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:29 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.5%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 371,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 305
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 276.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.3° / 274.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 23m / 25.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 81.66° / 2.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.01° / -2.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.62° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.