The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 5, 1915
Waning Crescent
14.6% 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
1:48 AM
5:03 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.6%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 395,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -91
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 315.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.4° / 251.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 59m / 22.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 117.21° / 1.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.32° / -1.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -139.08° / -0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.