The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 5, 2101
Waxing Gibbous
94.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:53 PM
4:27 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.6%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 372,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2210
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 | 153.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.5° / 7.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 14m / -16.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 316.00° / -0.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.59° / 0.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.55° / -0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.