The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 5, 2122
Waxing Crescent
19.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:37 AM
9:50 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.4%
- Age
- 4.7 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2470
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,300 km.
Exact values
For Sep 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 51.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.1° / 116.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 04m / -17.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.87° / -4.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.45° / 5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 127.45° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.