The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 8, 2000
Waxing Gibbous
77.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:09 PM
2:02 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.0%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 961
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,700 km.
Exact values
For Sep 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 122.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.6° / 68.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 21m / -21.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.80° / 0.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.37° / -0.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.38° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.