The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 4, 2130
Waxing Crescent
3.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:38 AM
9:15 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2569
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
Exact values
For Sep 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 20.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.1° / 121.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 18m / 3.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.92° / 4.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.04° / -5.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 158.36° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.