The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 5, 1982
Waning Gibbous
94.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:29 PM
9:01 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.9%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 384,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 738
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 | 205.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.9° / 298.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 39m / -1.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 8.56° / -5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.63° / 6.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.63° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.