The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 4, 2031
Waning Gibbous
86.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:41 PM
10:43 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.5%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 379,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1344
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 | 223.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.2° / 297.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 30m / 11.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 25.12° / 2.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.09° / -2.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.19° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.