The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 4, 2014
Waxing Gibbous
73.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:34 PM
1:52 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.8%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 368,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1134
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 | 118.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.7° / 68.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 44m / -17.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.52° / 5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.06° / -6.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.94° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.