The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 5, 2104
Waning Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:01 PM
7:46 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 360,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2247
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 | 188.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.4° / 320.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 23m / 1.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.97° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.32° / -6.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.43° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 37.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.