The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 5, 2080
Waning Gibbous
65.2% 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
10:53 PM
1:29 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.2%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 381,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1950
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 | 252.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.1° / 288.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 32m / 23.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 56.36° / 4.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.15° / -4.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.41° / 0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.