The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Waning Gibbous
83.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:50 PM
11:09 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.7%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 400,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1109
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 | 227.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.9° / 296.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 49m / 13.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.16° / 2.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.18° / -2.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.58° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.