The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 8, 2184
Waxing Crescent
12.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:28 AM
9:57 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.6%
- Age
- 3.7 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3237
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 41.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.5° / 113.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 50m / -6.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.03° / 4.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.22° / -5.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 139.13° / 0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.