The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 4, 2013
Waning Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:14 AM
7:17 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 395,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1121
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 | 350.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.9° / 159.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 12m / 6.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 152.75° / -4.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.47° / 6.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -174.29° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.