The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 4, 2021
Waning Crescent
6.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:06 AM
7:09 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.7%
- Age
- 27.1 days
- Distance
- 387,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1220
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 | 330.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 70.8° / 192.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 07m / 21.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 132.85° / 4.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.21° / -5.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -155.63° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.