The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 5, 2186
Waning Gibbous
60.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:56 PM
1:32 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.6%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 377,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3261
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Sep 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 257.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.6° / 277.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 00m / 16.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 61.33° / -4.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.21° / 5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.26° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.3° |
| 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.