The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 5, 2144
Waxing Gibbous
61.3% 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
3:31 PM
12:44 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.3%
- Age
- 7.7 days
- Distance
- 377,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2742
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 103.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.4° / 83.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 46m / -18.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.58° / 4.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.29° / -5.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 82.59° / -1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.