The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 5, 2014
Waxing Gibbous
83.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:24 PM
2:56 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.4%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 363,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1134
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 | 132.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.6° / 50.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 44m / -16.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.08° / 5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.83° / -6.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.75° / -0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.