The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 5, 2030
Waxing Gibbous
58.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:31 PM
12:13 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.7%
- Age
- 7.7 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1332
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 99.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.6° / 89.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 30m / -22.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.04° / 0.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.66° / -0.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.98° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.