The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 5, 1979
Waxing Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:36 PM
5:53 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 357,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 701
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 | 168.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.9° / 337.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 12m / -10.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.24° / 0.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.19° / -0.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.35° / 0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.