The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 8, 2063
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:06 PM
7:46 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1740
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 | 188.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.4° / 318.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 38m / -0.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 354.74° / 1.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.51° / -2.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.58° / -0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 56.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.