The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 8, 1961
Waning Crescent
1.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:36 AM
7:19 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.9%
- Age
- 28.2 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 478
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 344.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.5° / 164.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 09m / 11.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.96° / 0.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.19° / 0.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -164.22° / 0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.