The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 5, 1916
Waxing Gibbous
56.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:32 PM
11:38 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.0%
- Age
- 8.0 days
- Distance
- 371,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -78
Events on this date
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 96.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.6° / 104.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 14m / -26.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 259.57° / -3.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.34° / 4.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.85° / -1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.