The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 8, 2135
Waxing Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:41 AM
8:28 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 361,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2631
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 9.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.3° / 133.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 45m / 4.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.85° / 2.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.86° / -2.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 169.27° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.