The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 5, 1900
Waxing Gibbous
83.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:26 PM
1:45 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.1%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 371,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -276
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 131.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.6° / 69.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 41m / -17.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.16° / 3.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.41° / -4.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.63° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.