The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 8, 2020
Waning Gibbous
66.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:16 PM
1:03 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.5%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1208
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 | 250.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.5° / 283.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 42m / 17.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 57.28° / -2.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.80° / 3.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.77° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.