The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 5, 2004
Waning Gibbous
59.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:24 PM
2:01 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.3%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 400,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1010
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 259.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.8° / 283.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 01m / 23.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 62.81° / 2.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.00° / -2.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.39° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.9° |
| 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.