The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 5, 2155
Waxing Gibbous
61.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
4:17 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.4%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2878
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 | 103.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.5° / 94.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 42m / -28.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.08° / -5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.73° / 7.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.34° / 0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.