The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 5, 2128
Waxing Gibbous
85.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:44 PM
3:07 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.5%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 365,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2544
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,800 km.
Exact values
For Sep 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 135.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.6° / 46.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 00m / -17.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.59° / 3.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.87° / -3.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.34° / 0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.