The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 5, 1961
Waning Crescent
16.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:54 AM
5:31 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.8%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 478
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 | 311.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.7° / 233.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 44m / 18.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 114.56° / -2.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.93° / 4.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.53° / 0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.