The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 5, 2031
Waning Gibbous
78.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:19 PM
11:48 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.5%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 385,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1344
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 | 235.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.2° / 292.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 22m / 15.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 38.33° / 1.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.08° / -1.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.37° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.