The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 4, 1979
Waxing Gibbous
95.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:53 PM
4:40 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.2%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 359,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 701
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 154.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.3° / 4.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 12m / -14.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 316.12° / 2.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.87° / -2.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.53° / 0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.