The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 5, 2020
Waning Gibbous
89.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:53 PM
10:07 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.2%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1208
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 | 218.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.2° / 293.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 27m / 4.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.74° / -4.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.79° / 6.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.20° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.