The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 8, 2081
Waxing Crescent
35.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:37 PM
10:46 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.0%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 377,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1963
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 | 72.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.2° / 109.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 42m / -24.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 238.99° / -5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.32° / 6.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 115.09° / -0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.