The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 8, 2016
Waxing Crescent
42.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:46 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.2%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1159
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 80.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.3° / 95.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 26m / -16.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.29° / 5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.60° / -6.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 95.64° / 0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.