The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 8, 2107
Waning Gibbous
68.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:19 PM
12:52 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.0%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 387,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2284
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 249.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.5° / 283.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 32m / 16.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 54.51° / -2.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.80° / 4.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.79° / -0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.