The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 5, 1930
Waxing Gibbous
94.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:16 PM
4:20 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.5%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 95
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,100 km.
Exact values
For Sep 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 153.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -70.9° / 4.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 18m / -20.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 315.61° / -4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.45° / 6.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.15° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.