The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 5, 2184
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:36 AM
8:28 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 398,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3237
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 7.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.6° / 133.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 33m / 4.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 171.82° / 1.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.32° / -1.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 175.84° / 0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.