The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 8, 2108
Waxing Crescent
12.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:33 AM
9:54 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.8%
- Age
- 3.0 days
- Distance
- 362,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2297
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 | 41.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.2° / 115.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 47m / -8.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.93° / 2.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.84° / -2.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 142.17° / -0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.