The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 8, 2027
Waxing Gibbous
58.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:53 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.9%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 399,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1295
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 | 100.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.3° / 94.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 41m / -27.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.87° / -3.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.35° / 5.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 85.40° / -0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.