The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 8, 1959
Waxing Crescent
35.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:11 PM
11:41 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.8%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 454
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 73.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.9° / 100.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 49m / -15.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 238.61° / 4.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.36° / -5.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.07° / -0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.