The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 8, 2022
Waxing Gibbous
95.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:24 PM
4:36 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.6%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 365,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1233
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 156.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -69.0° / 355.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 45m / -18.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 322.24° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.00° / 6.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 25.82° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 238.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.