The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 8, 2053
Waning Crescent
18.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:45 AM
5:16 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.3%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 365,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1616
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 | 309.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.0° / 234.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 49m / 16.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 115.98° / -4.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.68° / 5.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -129.89° / 0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.