The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 8, 2185
Waxing Gibbous
98.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:30 PM
5:38 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.4%
- Age
- 14.4 days
- Distance
- 386,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3249
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 | 165.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.3° / 341.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 18m / -12.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.94° / -1.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.31° / 2.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.56° / 0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.