The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 8, 2138
Waxing Crescent
15.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:10 AM
9:25 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.4%
- Age
- 4.1 days
- Distance
- 395,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2668
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 | 45.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.5° / 120.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 52m / -16.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.89° / -4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.06° / 6.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 128.10° / -0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.