The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 5, 2090
Waxing Gibbous
90.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:08 PM
3:57 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.5%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 401,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2074
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
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Uranus at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Sep 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 144.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.6° / 28.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 37m / -14.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.70° / 3.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.07° / -4.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.77° / -0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.