The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 4, 2024
Waxing Crescent
2.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:25 AM
8:43 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.3%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1258
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Sep 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 17.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 162.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.4° / 128.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 01m / 0.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.91° / 0.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.19° / -0.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 163.21° / 0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.