The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 8, 2143
Waning Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:16 AM
7:14 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 357,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2729
Events on this date
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Mars, Mercury, and Moon gathered
All within 6.4° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 350.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.5° / 159.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 26m / 4.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.49° / -4.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.91° / 6.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -172.06° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.