The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 8, 2162
Waning Crescent
0.7% 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
6:21 AM
7:16 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2964
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Sep 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 351.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.2° / 158.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 31m / 4.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 157.60° / -4.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.97° / 6.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -175.86° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.