The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 8, 2008
Waxing Gibbous
60.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:02 PM
12:02 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.3%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1060
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 101.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.0° / 93.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 52m / -27.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.14° / -4.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.40° / 5.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.99° / -0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.