The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 5, 2102
Waning Crescent
38.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:16 AM
4:04 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.2%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 401,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2222
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 283.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.9° / 270.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 45m / 26.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 86.54° / 2.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.29° / -3.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.86° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.