The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 5, 1924
Waxing Crescent
42.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:44 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.1%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 21
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 | 80.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.9° / 95.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 10m / -15.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.55° / 5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.25° / -6.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 97.98° / 0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.