The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 5, 2048
Waning Crescent
7.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:22 AM
6:19 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.3%
- Age
- 26.9 days
- Distance
- 394,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1554
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 328.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 62.0° / 197.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 57m / 13.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 132.76° / -3.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.15° / 5.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -153.00° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.