The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 5, 2043
Waxing Crescent
4.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:07 AM
8:55 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.7%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 394,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1493
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 | 24.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.8° / 125.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 28m / -3.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.98° / -0.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.12° / 1.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 159.39° / 0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.