The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 8, 2014
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:31 PM
6:30 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 14.1 days
- Distance
- 358,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1134
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Sep 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 174.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.3° / 333.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 42m / -4.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 340.25° / 3.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.20° / -3.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 7.22° / -0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.