The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 5, 2006
Waxing Gibbous
93.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:03 PM
4:02 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.4%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 362,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1035
Events on this date
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Uranus at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 150.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -70.0° / 13.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 07m / -20.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 313.23° / -3.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.45° / 4.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 25.16° / 0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.