The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 4, 2008
Waxing Crescent
23.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:11 PM
10:01 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.5%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 398,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1060
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 57.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.1° / 114.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 25m / -19.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 220.27° / -5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.59° / 7.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 125.84° / -0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.