The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 5, 2078
Waning Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:06 AM
8:03 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 391,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1925
Events on this date
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 6.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 352.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 59.3° / 145.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 37m / 13.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 155.69° / 4.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.50° / -5.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -167.06° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 141.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.