The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 5, 2163
First Quarter
47.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:21 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.9%
- Age
- 6.9 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2977
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Sep 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 87.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.4° / 93.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 38m / -17.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.46° / 4.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.70° / -4.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 90.98° / -0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.