The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 5, 1940
Waxing Crescent
17.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:07 AM
10:15 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.1%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 363,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 219
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Sep 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 48.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.4° / 111.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 01m / -10.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.66° / 1.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.02° / -1.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 135.31° / -0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.