The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 4, 2054
Waxing Crescent
9.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:58 AM
9:53 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.9%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 366,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1629
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 36.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.6° / 114.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 16m / -3.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.81° / 4.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.46° / -4.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 149.14° / 0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.