The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 4, 2022
Waxing Gibbous
60.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:01 PM
12:06 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.4%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1233
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 | 101.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.4° / 92.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 33m / -26.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.04° / -3.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.81° / 4.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.56° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.