The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 8, 2021
Waxing Crescent
3.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:42 AM
9:06 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 371,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1221
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 | 21.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.7° / 123.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 34m / 0.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.44° / 4.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.51° / -5.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 155.43° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.