The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 4, 2082
Waxing Gibbous
93.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:52 PM
4:17 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.8%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 391,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1975
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
-
Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Sep 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 151.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.7° / 11.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 06m / -17.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 313.74° / -1.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.59° / 1.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.36° / -0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.