The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 5, 1943
Waxing Crescent
30.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:34 PM
11:22 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.6%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 385,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 256
Events on this date
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 66.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.3° / 101.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 13m / -12.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 229.18° / 5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.62° / -6.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 106.39° / 0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.