The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 5, 2057
Waxing Crescent
42.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:59 PM
11:58 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.9%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 371,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1666
Events on this date
-
Mars 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 | 81.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.2° / 98.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 15m / -19.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.26° / 2.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.52° / -2.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 95.80° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.