The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 8, 2034
Waning Crescent
17.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:55 AM
5:20 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.3%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 378,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1381
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 311.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.6° / 231.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 54m / 16.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 117.23° / -4.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.80° / 6.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.07° / -0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.