The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 5, 1967
Waxing Crescent
2.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:15 AM
8:53 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.1%
- Age
- 1.2 days
- Distance
- 362,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 553
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 2.3° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 16.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.2° / 126.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 59m / 2.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.73° / 2.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.47° / -3.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 162.41° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.