The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 5, 1937
Waxing Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:49 AM
8:00 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 386,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 182
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 | 8.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.5° / 140.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 21m / -1.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 171.41° / -4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.84° / 6.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 176.45° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 322.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.