The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Waning Crescent
33.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:48 AM
4:24 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.8%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 372,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1060
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 289.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.5° / 263.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 28m / 24.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 110.02° / 2.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.72° / -2.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.74° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.