The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 8, 2070
Waxing Crescent
15.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:02 AM
10:01 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.9%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 395,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1827
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 | 46.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.3° / 114.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 06m / -11.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.20° / 1.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.29° / -1.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 137.57° / -0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.