The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 4, 2015
Waning Gibbous
58.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:42 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.3%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 376,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1146
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Sep 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 260.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.6° / 275.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 05m / 16.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 62.41° / -4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.13° / 6.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.42° / -0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.