The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 8, 2163
Waxing Gibbous
80.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:05 PM
2:36 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.3%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2977
Events on this date
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Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.7° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 127.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.9° / 56.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 37m / -16.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.25° / 5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.17° / -6.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.40° / -0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.