The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 4, 2059
Waning Crescent
4.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:30 AM
7:22 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.9%
- Age
- 27.3 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1690
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 334.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 70.2° / 179.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 24m / 20.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 137.03° / 5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.88° / -6.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -151.01° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 118.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.