The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 4, 2089
New Moon
0.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:58 AM
7:54 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.0%
- Age
- 0.0 days
- Distance
- 360,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2062
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
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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 | 0.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 177.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.8° / 145.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 53m / 4.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.91° / -2.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.27° / 3.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -177.32° / -0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 11.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.