The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 8, 2087
Waxing Gibbous
81.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:11 PM
2:44 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.3%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 388,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2037
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 | 128.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.0° / 55.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 45m / -16.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.13° / 4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.63° / -5.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.19° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.