The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 8, 2099
Waning Crescent
42.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:57 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.1%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 385,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2185
Events on this date
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Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 279.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.4° / 276.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 40m / 28.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 85.69° / 5.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.09° / -6.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -106.62° / 0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.