The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 4, 2005
Waxing Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:43 AM
8:33 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 0.9 days
- Distance
- 401,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1023
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 | 9.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.7° / 131.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 34m / 4.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 172.00° / 1.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.58° / -2.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 167.02° / 0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.