The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 4, 2001
Waning Gibbous
97.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:13 PM
8:28 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.0%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 973
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 | 199.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.8° / 301.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 14m / -4.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.52° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.59° / 6.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.23° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.