The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 5, 2007
Waning Crescent
33.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:32 AM
4:43 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.0%
- Age
- 23.7 days
- Distance
- 378,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1047
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 | 290.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.2° / 268.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 13m / 28.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 92.77° / 4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.16° / -5.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.26° / -0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.