The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 8, 2036
Waning Gibbous
92.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:37 PM
9:40 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.1%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 395,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1406
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 212.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 32.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.8° / 297.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 17m / 3.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 19.04° / -4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.01° / 6.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.57° / 0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.