The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 8, 1975
Waxing Crescent
12.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:34 AM
9:28 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.1%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 362,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 652
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 40.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.5° / 120.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 32m / -12.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.87° / -2.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.90° / 3.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 144.37° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.