The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 8, 2187
Waxing Crescent
39.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:38 PM
11:43 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.3%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 381,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 3274
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 | 77.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.5° / 99.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 09m / -18.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.62° / 2.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.81° / -3.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.24° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.