The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 8, 2051
Waxing Crescent
10.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:19 AM
9:31 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.8%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1592
Events on this date
-
Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter 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 | 38.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.6° / 119.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 30m / -9.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.25° / 0.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.52° / 0.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 141.37° / -0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.