The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 5, 2197
Waning Crescent
41.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:13 AM
3:32 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.8%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 394,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3397
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.3° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 279.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.8° / 270.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 31m / 23.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 83.39° / -0.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.82° / 0.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.68° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.