The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 5, 1987
Waxing Gibbous
93.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:07 PM
4:03 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.6%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 361,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 800
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,900 km.
Exact values
For Sep 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 150.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -70.5° / 11.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 08m / -20.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 313.44° / -3.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.07° / 5.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.95° / 0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.