The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 8, 2106
Waxing Gibbous
79.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:00 PM
2:33 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.4%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2272
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 | 126.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.5° / 59.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 31m / -16.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.78° / 4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.04° / -5.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.59° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.