The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 4, 2030
First Quarter
47.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:32 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.3%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1332
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,900 km.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Sep 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 86.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.6° / 97.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 29m / -22.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.93° / -0.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.89° / 0.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 93.19° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.