The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 8, 2001
Waning Gibbous
71.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:02 PM
12:28 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.6%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 391,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 973
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 | 244.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.4° / 284.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 16m / 14.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 50.62° / -3.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.31° / 4.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.97° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.