The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 8, 1973
Waxing Gibbous
84.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:39 PM
3:01 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.7%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 400,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 627
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 133.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.7° / 49.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 06m / -18.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.75° / 2.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.27° / -2.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.57° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.