The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 5, 1947
Waning Gibbous
76.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:37 PM
11:58 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.1%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 382,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 305
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 | 238.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.4° / 288.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 35m / 13.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 40.85° / -1.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.36° / 2.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.02° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.