The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 8, 2103
Waxing Crescent
39.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:59 PM
11:21 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.8%
- Age
- 7.0 days
- Distance
- 389,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2235
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 | 78.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.4° / 104.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 04m / -23.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.54° / -3.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.24° / 4.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 94.61° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.