The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 5, 1946
Waxing Gibbous
69.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:38 PM
1:03 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.1%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 401,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 293
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 | 112.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.3° / 82.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 21m / -24.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.77° / -1.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.80° / 2.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.33° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.