The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 5, 2139
Waxing Gibbous
87.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:10 PM
3:10 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.5%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2680
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 138.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.3° / 42.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 14m / -20.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 301.28° / -0.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.12° / 0.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 35.12° / -0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.4° |
| 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.