The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 8, 2180
Waning Gibbous
81.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:03 PM
11:32 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.1%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3187
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 | 231.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.9° / 294.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 23m / 15.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 38.43° / 0.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.81° / -0.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.94° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.