The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 8, 2161
Waning Gibbous
86.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:32 PM
10:48 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.6%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2952
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 223.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.3° / 299.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 46m / 13.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.40° / 2.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.97° / -2.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.16° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.