The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 8, 2005
Waxing Crescent
21.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:56 AM
10:03 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.8%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 388,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1023
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 | 55.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.3° / 113.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 33m / -17.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 221.54° / -2.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.56° / 3.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 118.09° / 0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.