The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 8, 2096
Waning Gibbous
58.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:36 PM
2:03 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.8%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2148
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 | 259.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.3° / 282.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 20m / 22.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 67.05° / 1.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.24° / -1.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.75° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.