The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 5, 2073
Waxing Crescent
18.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:08 AM
10:31 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.0%
- Age
- 3.6 days
- Distance
- 363,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1864
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 | 49.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.3° / 108.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 13m / -8.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.70° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.08° / -6.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.11° / 0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.