The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 4, 2099
Waning Gibbous
79.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:58 PM
11:42 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.8%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2185
Events on this date
-
Jupiter, Mercury, and Venus gathered
All within 4.1° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 233.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.2° / 294.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 10m / 16.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 35.92° / 3.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.39° / -3.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.81° / 0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.