The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 8, 2045
Waning Crescent
8.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:54 AM
6:31 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.4%
- Age
- 26.9 days
- Distance
- 360,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1517
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 326.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 66.0° / 203.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 02m / 17.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 132.75° / 0.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.29° / -0.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -148.56° / -0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.