The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 8, 2038
Waxing Gibbous
77.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:18 PM
1:54 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.1%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 381,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1431
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 | 122.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.8° / 70.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 22m / -23.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.77° / -0.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.11° / 1.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.00° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.