The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 8, 2018
Waning Crescent
1.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:33 AM
7:33 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.8%
- Age
- 28.3 days
- Distance
- 361,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1183
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 344.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 61.6° / 160.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 15m / 13.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 150.94° / 2.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.76° / -2.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -163.43° / 1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 118.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.