The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 5, 1953
Waning Crescent
6.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:24 AM
6:38 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.4%
- Age
- 27.0 days
- Distance
- 401,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 379
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 | 330.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 65.0° / 193.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 03m / 15.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.62° / -0.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.58° / 1.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -146.19° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.