The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 8, 2015
Waning Crescent
18.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:47 AM
5:10 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.8%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 395,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1146
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 | 308.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.1° / 235.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 42m / 16.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 114.52° / -4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.24° / 6.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -122.26° / -0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.