The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 8, 2173
Waxing Crescent
1.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:13 AM
8:29 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 1.3 days
- Distance
- 398,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3101
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 | 14.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.9° / 131.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 03m / 0.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.70° / 0.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.47° / -0.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 161.63° / 0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.