The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 8, 2049
Waxing Gibbous
86.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:42 PM
3:22 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.8%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 362,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1567
Events on this date
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Uranus 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 | 137.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.9° / 40.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 21m / -15.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 303.94° / 4.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.71° / -5.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.62° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.