The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 8, 1983
Waxing Crescent
3.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:43 AM
9:13 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.8%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 363,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 751
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 | 21.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.5° / 122.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 34m / 1.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.28° / 4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.73° / -5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 163.03° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.