The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 5, 2001
Waning Gibbous
93.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:37 PM
9:26 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.0%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 401,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 973
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 | 210.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.5° / 296.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 58m / 0.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.58° / -4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.76° / 6.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.41° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.