The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 5, 2105
Waning Crescent
9.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:59 AM
6:04 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.5%
- Age
- 26.6 days
- Distance
- 377,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2259
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 | 324.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 61.1° / 207.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 34m / 13.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.42° / -4.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.24° / 6.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -139.97° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.