The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 5, 1955
Waning Gibbous
87.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:28 PM
10:41 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.0%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 374,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 404
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 | 222.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.3° / 300.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 24m / 13.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.43° / 4.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.19° / -5.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.42° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.