The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 5, 2005
Waxing Crescent
3.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:44 AM
8:53 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.3%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 399,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1023
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 | 20.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.2° / 125.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 17m / -0.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.13° / 0.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.54° / -0.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 154.78° / 0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.