The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 5, 1948
Waxing Crescent
7.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:33 AM
9:24 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.2%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 362,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 318
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 30.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.6° / 119.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 54m / -3.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.93° / 1.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.86° / -2.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 153.96° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.