The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 8, 1955
Waning Gibbous
57.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:46 PM
2:08 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.7%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 404
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 | 261.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.2° / 281.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 17m / 22.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 66.47° / 1.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.68° / -1.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.99° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.6° |
| 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.