The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 4, 2027
Waxing Crescent
20.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:43 AM
9:49 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.0%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 378,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1295
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 52.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.2° / 116.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 02m / -17.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.72° / -5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.07° / 7.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 134.27° / -0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.