The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 5, 1995
Waxing Gibbous
84.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:30 PM
3:05 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.6%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 368,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 899
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
-
Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.7° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 133.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.5° / 47.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 50m / -15.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.53° / 5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.78° / -6.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.56° / -1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.