The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 4, 2070
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:53 AM
7:47 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.3 days
- Distance
- 378,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1826
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Sep 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 358.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 176.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.5° / 147.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 46m / 4.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.19° / -3.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.73° / 4.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -173.50° / -0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 36.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.