The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 5, 1939
Waning Gibbous
62.5% 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
11:42 PM
1:24 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.5%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 387,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 206
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
-
Venus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 255.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.2° / 280.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 45m / 17.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 57.83° / -2.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.04° / 3.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.63° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.