The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 4, 2051
Waning Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:31 AM
7:31 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 398,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1591
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 | 354.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.3° / 153.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 26m / 5.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.18° / -3.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.83° / 5.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.69° / -1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.