The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 8, 2168
Waxing Crescent
43.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:04 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.9%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 399,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 3039
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 82.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.1° / 97.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 33m / -19.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 249.45° / 2.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.59° / -3.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 101.82° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.