The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 4, 2007
Waning Crescent
43.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:44 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.8%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 374,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1047
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 | 277.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.0° / 277.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 10m / 28.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 79.03° / 5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.42° / -6.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.05° / -0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.