The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 8, 2192
Waxing Crescent
3.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:53 AM
8:39 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3336
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 21.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.9° / 128.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 29m / -4.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.20° / -0.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.15° / 1.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 157.82° / 0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.