The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 1, 2008
Waxing Crescent
4.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:56 AM
8:43 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.0%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 385,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1060
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 5.8° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 22.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.3° / 128.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 03m / -4.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.33° / -3.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.98° / 5.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 162.53° / -0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 302.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.