The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 5, 1905
First Quarter
44.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:57 PM
11:21 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.9%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 372,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -214
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Sep 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 83.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.2° / 103.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 22m / -16.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.42° / 5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.29° / -6.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 101.30° / 0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.