The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 4, 2004
Waning Gibbous
68.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:51 PM
12:57 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.7%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 397,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1010
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 | 248.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.1° / 287.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 11m / 19.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 50.68° / 1.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.03° / -1.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.19° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.