The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 4, 2125
First Quarter
49.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:30 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.2%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 386,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2507
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Sep 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 88.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.0° / 93.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 40m / -18.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.14° / 3.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.34° / -3.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 98.59° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.