The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 8, 2189
Waning Crescent
4.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:38 AM
7:19 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.6%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 382,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3298
Events on this date
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 335.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 68.5° / 177.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 45m / 18.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 142.25° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.28° / -6.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.01° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 119.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.