The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 8, 2017
Waning Gibbous
93.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:30 PM
9:26 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.3%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 376,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1171
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 | 209.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.2° / 299.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 05m / 2.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 15.91° / -4.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.98° / 5.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.78° / 0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.