The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 5, 2059
Waning Crescent
1.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:31 AM
7:49 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.7%
- Age
- 28.3 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1690
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 | 345.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 64.2° / 154.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 12m / 16.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.00° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.87° / -6.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -163.25° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 129.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.