The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 4, 2019
Waxing Crescent
34.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:02 PM
11:32 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.6%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 376,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1196
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 | 71.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.2° / 100.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 29m / -14.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 233.71° / 4.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.57° / -4.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 115.61° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.