The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 5, 2023
Waning Gibbous
63.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:09 PM
1:37 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.1%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 383,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1245
Events on this date
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 7.5° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 254.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.7° / 285.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 39m / 22.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 57.76° / 2.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.87° / -3.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.99° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.