The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 5, 2066
Waning Gibbous
96.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:28 PM
8:51 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.6%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 377,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1777
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 | 200.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.4° / 312.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 07m / 6.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.23° / 5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.06° / -6.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -14.99° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 54.1° |
| 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.