The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 8, 1948
Waxing Crescent
33.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:14 PM
10:55 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.3%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 379,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 318
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 | 70.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.8° / 107.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 34m / -21.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.19° / -1.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.50° / 2.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 117.29° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.