The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 4, 1980
Waning Crescent
20.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:24 AM
5:11 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.8%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 388,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 713
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 | 305.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.5° / 242.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 17m / 19.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 108.13° / -2.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.40° / 3.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.12° / 0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.