The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 4, 1995
Waxing Gibbous
75.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:43 PM
2:00 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.3%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 368,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 899
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,900 km.
Exact values
For Sep 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 120.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.2° / 66.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 51m / -17.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 282.12° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.71° / -5.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.75° / -1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.