The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 5, 2022
Waxing Gibbous
71.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:06 PM
1:00 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.4%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 367,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1233
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 | 115.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.2° / 83.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 37m / -27.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.35° / -4.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.84° / 5.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.37° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.