The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 4, 2120
Waxing Gibbous
87.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:13 PM
3:03 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.3%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 362,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2445
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 | 138.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.9° / 44.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 12m / -21.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.52° / -1.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.65° / 1.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.93° / -0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.