The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 4, 2016
Waxing Crescent
10.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:05 AM
9:48 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.3%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1159
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 | 37.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.6° / 115.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 18m / -4.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.73° / 3.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.51° / -3.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 144.52° / 0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.