The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 4, 2046
Waxing Crescent
21.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:54 AM
9:55 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.3%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 366,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1530
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 | 54.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.5° / 115.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 12m / -18.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.04° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.27° / 7.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 130.47° / -0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.