The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 5, 2009
Waning Gibbous
98.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:08 PM
8:01 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.9%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 395,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1072
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 | 191.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.6° / 317.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 34m / 1.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 354.64° / 4.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.08° / -5.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.83° / -1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 47.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.