The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 5, 1991
Waning Crescent
10.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:35 AM
6:11 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.6%
- Age
- 26.6 days
- Distance
- 364,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 849
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,600 km.
Exact values
For Sep 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 322.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 63.9° / 213.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 27m / 17.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.73° / -1.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.31° / 2.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -141.59° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.