The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 4, 2061
Waning Gibbous
74.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:24 PM
12:20 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.5%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 370,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1715
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Sep 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 240.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.8° / 291.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 40m / 18.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 43.39° / 2.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.77° / -3.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.40° / 0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.