The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 5, 2071
Waxing Gibbous
86.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:39 PM
3:21 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.1%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1839
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,300 km.
Exact values
For Sep 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 136.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.9° / 43.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 03m / -15.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.50° / 4.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.16° / -5.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.55° / -0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.