The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 5, 1949
Waxing Gibbous
97.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:32 PM
5:00 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.0%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 398,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 330
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 | 160.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.5° / 346.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 48m / -17.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 323.13° / -4.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.71° / 5.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.37° / 0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 238.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.