The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 8, 2054
First Quarter
47.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:17 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.7%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 389,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1629
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Sep 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 87.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.8° / 92.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 51m / -17.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.41° / 5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.35° / -6.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 100.25° / 0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.