The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 8, 1997
Waxing Crescent
36.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:10 PM
11:41 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.0%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 393,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 924
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 | 73.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.8° / 99.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 54m / -15.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 239.53° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.17° / -6.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 99.44° / -0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.