The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 4, 2072
Waning Gibbous
60.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:28 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.6%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 389,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1851
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 | 257.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.0° / 276.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 59m / 15.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 60.83° / -5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.97° / 7.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.83° / 0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.