The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 8, 2050
Waning Crescent
44.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:14 AM
3:06 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.5%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 388,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1579
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 | 276.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.7° / 269.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 29m / 20.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 82.75° / -3.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.86° / 4.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.77° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.