The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 29, 2008
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:46 AM
7:09 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.3 days
- Distance
- 390,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1061
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Sep 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 3.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.0° / 151.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 33m / -8.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.75° / -4.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.28° / 5.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -179.06° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 339.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.