The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 8, 2191
Waning Gibbous
68.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:41 PM
1:05 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.9%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 382,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3323
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 247.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.1° / 289.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 23m / 21.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 54.06° / 3.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.71° / -3.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.17° / 0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.