The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 5, 1952
Waning Gibbous
96.5% 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
8:36 PM
8:50 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.5%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 363,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 367
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 | 201.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.9° / 310.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 10m / 5.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.34° / 3.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.88° / -4.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -16.61° / -0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 58.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.