The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 4, 2050
Waning Gibbous
84.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:55 PM
10:57 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.8%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 365,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1579
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 | 226.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.0° / 295.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 43m / 12.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 28.34° / 1.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.04° / -1.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.99° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.