The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 8, 1992
Waxing Gibbous
89.7% 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
6:00 PM
3:50 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.7%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 862
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 142.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.0° / 31.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 41m / -14.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.81° / 3.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.46° / -3.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.80° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.