The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 5, 2046
Waxing Crescent
31.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:09 PM
10:37 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.5%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 371,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1530
Events on this date
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 68.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.7° / 110.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 10m / -22.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.37° / -4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.44° / 6.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 118.25° / -0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.