The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 5, 2172
Waning Gibbous
89.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:32 PM
10:13 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.5%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 387,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3088
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 | 217.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.6° / 298.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 21m / 8.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.71° / -0.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.06° / 0.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.98° / 1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.