The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 4, 2075
Waning Crescent
28.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:27 AM
4:39 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.9%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1888
Events on this date
-
Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,700 km.
Exact values
For Sep 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 295.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.5° / 257.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 32m / 22.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 97.43° / -0.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.89° / 0.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -113.70° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.