The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 8, 2076
Waxing Gibbous
74.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:10 PM
1:31 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.4%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 367,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1901
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 119.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.0° / 75.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 10m / -24.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 285.99° / -2.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.03° / 3.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.40° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.5° |
| 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.