The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 5, 1921
Waxing Crescent
16.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:04 AM
10:08 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.5%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 373,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -16
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 | 47.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.0° / 112.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 54m / -10.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.35° / 1.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.89° / -1.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 139.11° / -0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.