The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 8, 1987
Waning Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:29 PM
7:59 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 366,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 800
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 | 192.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.9° / 312.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 53m / -1.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 357.85° / -0.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.17° / 0.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -7.57° / 0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.