The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 5, 2085
Waning Gibbous
95.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:35 PM
9:03 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.8%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 361,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2012
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 | 203.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.2° / 310.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 18m / 7.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.09° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.69° / -6.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -18.79° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 55.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.