The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 5, 1931
Last Quarter
46.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:27 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.5%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 389,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 107
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
-
Mercury, Neptune, and Venus gathered
All within 6.3° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 274.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.2° / 278.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 58m / 27.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 76.34° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.94° / -6.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -101.26° / 0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.