The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 8, 2048
New Moon
0.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:33 AM
7:43 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 0.4 days
- Distance
- 382,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1555
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 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 4.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.2° / 144.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 21m / -1.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 171.62° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.21° / 7.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 170.30° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 338.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.