The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 5, 2024
Waxing Crescent
5.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:24 AM
9:03 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.9%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1258
Events on this date
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,200 km.
Exact values
For Sep 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 28.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.0° / 123.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 42m / -5.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.69° / -0.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.15° / 0.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 150.97° / 0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.