The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 5, 2075
Waning Crescent
20.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:14 AM
5:27 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.7%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1888
Events on this date
-
Mars, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 5.2° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 305.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.1° / 245.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 24m / 22.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 109.23° / 0.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.38° / -0.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.92° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.2° |
| 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.