The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 8, 2073
First Quarter
50.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:32 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.0%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 376,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1864
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 | 89.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.4° / 91.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 03m / -18.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.47° / 4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.24° / -5.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 96.45° / 0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.