The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 4, 2045
New Moon
47.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:21 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.4%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 378,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1517
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Sep 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.2° / 279.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 55m / 27.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 75.64° / 4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.38° / -5.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -99.67° / -0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.