The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 8, 1996
Waning Crescent
16.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:08 AM
5:22 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.2%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 911
Events on this date
-
Mars, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 5.8° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,700 km.
Exact values
For Sep 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 312.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.9° / 228.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 01m / 15.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 119.06° / -4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.84° / 6.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.68° / -0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.