The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 5, 2198
Waxing Crescent
20.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:45 AM
10:10 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.7%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3410
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 | 54.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.0° / 113.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 18m / -15.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.52° / -2.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.45° / 3.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 124.46° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.