The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 8, 2146
Waxing Crescent
5.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:21 AM
9:16 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.9%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 388,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2767
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 27.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.8° / 121.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 55m / -3.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.92° / 2.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.54° / -2.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 146.77° / -0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.