The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 5, 1902
Waxing Crescent
13.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:37 AM
8:47 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.4%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 391,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -251
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 | 42.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.9° / 127.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 33m / -9.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.06° / -0.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.15° / 0.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 142.42° / -1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.