The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 4, 2047
New Moon
99.8% 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
7:50 PM
7:19 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 394,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1542
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 | 183.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.1° / 323.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 00m / -1.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 345.52° / 4.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.88° / -5.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 0.97° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 13.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.