The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 8, 2013
Waxing Crescent
10.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:22 AM
9:26 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.9%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 381,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1122
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 38.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.8° / 120.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 29m / -10.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.57° / -1.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.86° / 2.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 136.77° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.