The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 5, 2016
Waxing Crescent
16.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:01 AM
10:19 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.8%
- Age
- 4.3 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1159
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 | 48.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.7° / 110.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 04m / -8.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.67° / 3.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.31° / -4.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 132.29° / 0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.