The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 8, 2094
Waning Crescent
1.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:44 AM
7:44 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.4%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2123
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Venus gathered
All within 6.3° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 347.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 61.8° / 154.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 28m / 14.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.61° / 4.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.82° / -5.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -166.42° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 128.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.