The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 4, 2039
Waning Gibbous
95.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:22 PM
8:47 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.8%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 386,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1443
Events on this date
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Jupiter behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 203.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.3° / 300.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 27m / -2.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 5.17° / -4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.85° / 6.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -17.61° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.