The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 8, 1949
Waning Gibbous
98.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:35 PM
8:07 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.6%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 330
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 | 193.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.2° / 310.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 00m / -1.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 359.40° / -1.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.01° / 2.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.16° / 0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.