The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 5, 1944
Waning Gibbous
88.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:06 PM
10:14 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.2%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 362,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 268
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 | 220.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.0° / 292.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 33m / 4.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 22.95° / -5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.84° / 7.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.20° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.