The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 8, 2092
First Quarter
48.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:23 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.1%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2099
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,800 km.
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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 | 87.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.7° / 93.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 56m / -18.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.68° / 4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.28° / -5.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 92.63° / 0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.9° |
| 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.