The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 5, 2109
Waxing Gibbous
86.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:44 PM
3:15 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.0%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 381,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2309
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 136.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.6° / 44.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 02m / -16.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.16° / 3.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.64° / -4.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.17° / -0.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.