The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 4, 2010
Waning Crescent
19.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:17 AM
5:25 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.8%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 367,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1084
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 | 307.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.9° / 242.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 23m / 21.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 109.31° / -0.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.33° / 1.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -133.15° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.