The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 4, 2043
Waxing Crescent
1.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:03 AM
8:34 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.4%
- Age
- 1.1 days
- Distance
- 390,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1493
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 13.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.9° / 130.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 44m / 2.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.35° / 0.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.59° / -0.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 171.63° / 0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.