The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 5, 1992
Waxing Gibbous
66.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:16 PM
12:56 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.9%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 398,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 862
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 | 109.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.0° / 82.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 13m / -22.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.99° / 0.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.69° / -0.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.37° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.