The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 5, 2086
Waning Crescent
5.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:47 AM
6:28 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.5%
- Age
- 27.2 days
- Distance
- 398,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2024
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 333.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.7° / 188.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 12m / 11.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.94° / -4.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.91° / 6.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -148.39° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.