The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 5, 2126
Waning Gibbous
87.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:50 PM
10:32 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.3%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2519
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,700 km.
Exact values
For Sep 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 221.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.5° / 295.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 33m / 8.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.74° / -1.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.12° / 1.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.99° / -0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.