The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 5, 2153
Waning Gibbous
93.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:19 PM
9:31 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.2%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 2853
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 | 210.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.1° / 300.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 53m / 3.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.70° / -1.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.36° / 2.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -28.19° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.