The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 8, 2140
Waning Crescent
7.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:18 AM
6:21 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.4%
- Age
- 26.9 days
- Distance
- 385,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2692
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 | 328.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 62.5° / 198.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 07m / 13.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.00° / -2.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.28° / 3.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -143.16° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.