The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 4, 2121
Waning Crescent
42.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:37 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.9%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 385,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2457
Events on this date
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Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 278.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.9° / 274.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 18m / 25.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 80.47° / 2.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.11° / -3.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.44° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.