The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 8, 2057
Waxing Gibbous
76.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:16 PM
1:43 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.0%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 368,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1666
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,300 km.
Exact values
For Sep 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 121.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.2° / 72.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 18m / -23.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.73° / -1.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.89° / 2.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.21° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.