The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 5, 2081
Waxing Crescent
7.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:49 AM
9:04 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.8%
- Age
- 2.3 days
- Distance
- 361,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1963
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 32.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.1° / 123.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 55m / -8.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.14° / -2.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.95° / 3.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 151.77° / 0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.