The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 6, 2008
Waxing Crescent
41.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:15 PM
11:15 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.4%
- Age
- 6.8 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1060
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 79.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.7° / 105.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 06m / -25.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.39° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.34° / 6.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 101.40° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.