The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 8, 2030
Waxing Gibbous
87.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:48 PM
3:30 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.8%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 374,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1332
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 | 139.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.7° / 37.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 26m / -15.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 305.18° / 4.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.69° / -4.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.41° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.