The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 5, 1936
Waning Gibbous
76.9% 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
10:13 PM
12:05 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.9%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 365,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 169
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 237.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.5° / 293.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 27m / 18.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 40.34° / 3.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.69° / -4.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.81° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.