The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 4, 2053
Waning Gibbous
61.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:57 PM
1:21 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.8%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 375,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1616
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 256.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.8° / 277.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 52m / 15.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 59.06° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.61° / 6.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.04° / -0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.