The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 8, 2002
Waxing Crescent
3.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:44 AM
9:11 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.7%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 359,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 986
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 | 21.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.4° / 122.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 35m / 1.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.62° / 4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.89° / -5.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 159.23° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.