The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 8, 2145
Waning Gibbous
55.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:00 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.7%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2754
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
Exact values
For Sep 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 263.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.8° / 274.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 36m / 17.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 69.88° / -4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.70° / 6.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.37° / -0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.