The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 5, 2047
Waning Gibbous
98.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:14 PM
8:21 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.1%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 397,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1542
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 | 194.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.4° / 315.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 45m / 3.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 358.03° / 4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.11° / -5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.21° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 49.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.