The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 8, 2044
Waning Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:20 PM
8:14 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 387,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1505
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 | 194.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.8° / 314.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 00m / 1.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.78° / 1.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.54° / -1.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -18.98° / -0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 60.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.