The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 8, 1971
Waning Gibbous
82.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:37 PM
11:25 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.6%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 363,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 602
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 | 229.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.8° / 298.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 02m / 17.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.54° / 5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.41° / -6.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.76° / -0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.