The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 8, 2006
Waning Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:26 PM
8:01 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 357,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1035
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 | 192.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.2° / 313.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 54m / -0.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 358.49° / 0.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.58° / 0.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.36° / 0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.