The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 8, 2019
Waxing Gibbous
74.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:59 PM
1:44 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.7%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 397,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1196
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 119.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.8° / 72.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 06m / -22.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 285.16° / 0.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.76° / 0.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.79° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.