The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 8, 2055
Waning Gibbous
93.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:27 PM
9:18 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.9%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1641
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,200 km.
Exact values
For Sep 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 208.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.7° / 299.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 00m / 1.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 14.24° / -4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.77° / 6.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.16° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.