The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 5, 2063
Waxing Gibbous
95.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:05 PM
4:46 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.7%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1740
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Sep 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 156.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.5° / 359.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 29m / -16.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.30° / -1.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.09° / 2.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 25.96° / -0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.9° |
| 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.