The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 5, 2008
Waxing Crescent
32.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:14 PM
10:35 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.2%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 401,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1060
Events on this date
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Mars, Mercury, and Venus gathered
All within 3.5° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 68.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.5° / 110.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 14m / -23.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 232.41° / -5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.56° / 7.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 113.62° / -0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.