The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 5, 2011
Waxing Gibbous
60.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:41 PM
12:19 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.2%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 380,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1097
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 | 101.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.4° / 88.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 36m / -22.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.43° / 0.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.22° / -0.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.78° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.