The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 5, 1917
Waning Gibbous
76.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:10 PM
11:05 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.5%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 373,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -66
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 | 238.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.8° / 303.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 27m / 19.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 40.55° / 4.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.62° / -5.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.50° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.