The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 4, 2018
Waning Crescent
32.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:11 AM
4:09 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.8%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 1183
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 | 290.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.0° / 259.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 10m / 20.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 92.33° / -2.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.86° / 4.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -114.51° / 0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.