The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 4, 2071
Waxing Gibbous
78.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:59 PM
2:29 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.9%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1839
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 125.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.3° / 60.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 14m / -17.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.64° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.61° / -6.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.74° / -0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.9° |
| 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.