The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 4, 1992
Waxing Gibbous
57.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:29 PM
12:03 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.4%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 394,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 862
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 | 98.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.0° / 91.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 19m / -23.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.72° / -0.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.75° / 1.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 88.57° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.