The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 4, 2106
Waxing Crescent
43.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:00 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.4%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 398,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2272
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 | 82.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.5° / 97.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 10m / -18.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.12° / 2.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.56° / -2.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 102.40° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.