The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 8, 2115
Waning Gibbous
80.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:12 PM
11:29 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.8%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 381,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2383
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 232.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.5° / 292.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 22m / 13.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 37.63° / -0.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.00° / 1.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.17° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.