The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 8, 1980
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:13 AM
7:44 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 401,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 713
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 | 351.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.7° / 151.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 40m / 10.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 157.83° / 1.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.95° / -1.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -168.04° / 0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 120.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.