The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 8, 2127
Waxing Crescent
5.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:15 AM
9:12 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.4%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 368,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2532
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 26.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.6° / 122.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 48m / -3.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.33° / 1.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.87° / -1.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 150.60° / -0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.