The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 4, 2065
Waxing Crescent
20.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:44 AM
9:50 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.0%
- Age
- 4.0 days
- Distance
- 367,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1765
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,500 km.
Exact values
For Sep 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 52.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.0° / 116.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 06m / -18.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.58° / -5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.61° / 6.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 126.66° / -1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.